THE ROBERT E. COWAN COLLECTION 
 
 I'RKSHNTKD TO PHI. 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF CRLIFORNIA 
 
 C. P. HUNTINGTON 
 
 JUNE, 1897. 
 
 Recession No Y6//U LL Class 
 
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GABRIEI/S 
 
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 PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES, 
 
 DICTATION OF THE GOSPEL -WIRE. 
 
 1891 
 SANT-A-ROSA, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, U. S. A. 
 
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ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OP CONGRESS, 
 
 in the year 1891, 
 In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 
 
TABLE CONTENTS. 
 
 FIRST SCENE. 
 
 Extract from the Wilderness, The Flower of Mysteries 
 
 SECOND SCENE. 
 
 Extract of Mark The Model of this Book 
 
 THIRD SCENE. 
 
 After Luke, now then. See Additions 
 
 FOURTH SCENE. 
 
 Arrival of Chief Band Chief Arrival from Jasper City 
 
 FIFTH SCENE. 
 
 Picture The Electric Gospel Porcupine Tablets 
 
 SIXTH SCENE. 
 
 Judgment of the She. (Planet Earth) 
 
 SEVENTH SCENE. 
 
 Joe, the Mail Carrier Journey to the Heavens and Return 
 
 End at Judgment She (planet earth). 
 
Berry dead at work Dead Berry dead at Dead 
 work Look in the Letter She. 
 
 By respect I am Joe McGinty Gabriel or Baby Joe, 
 The Son-o-ma Boy, giving all this why is He my Friend ; 
 Because I love not in affection but in duty I am bound 
 To the red-men of the north-west who prophesy a Messias. 
 I am permitted to say a better one does not come in time, 
 I promise I Am I fulfill when snow is about there. 
 Now and again, I Am, 
 
 ELI JOE BERRY-MAN. 
 
GABRIEL'S TESTATENT, 
 
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 SIGNS OF THE TIMES, 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 I am to introduce introduction 
 One two second our Two Strike minute our 
 
 Son Born Again, 
 
 A First over a Second this educated flies with Gabriel's 
 Trumpet. He that made Trumpet maid spider. 
 Now come educate His flies maid that flies he spied her. 
 Come now, educate; you are one of His flies. 
 This is His flies hear Gabriel's Trumpet flies all 
 Over the world hear Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 All over the world flies blow Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 One of the world fly-blows Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 Gabriel come in the world he flies, come hear him 
 
 Blow off Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 God above, fool take care; God above blows fool away; 
 Away fool, blow for God above! 
 
 I am Eli Josias Joseph, by respect 
 To Him, my Friend, this book to me is dictated without 
 
 affection. 
 
 I love to fulfill His Promise ; for my writing I do 
 Willingly pass proceeds not mine, 
 For I Am Antonio Bassanio, or, &c. This is mine, letter the 
 
 Last. 
 
 Son, see cook see first picture of life and last picture of life. 
 Now take stay down sentiment of his Friend ; I Am his 
 
 Publis-her, by FRIEND SHIP. 
 
 Sentiment he works, a fool may know ; 
 
 His Works no fool can know His Works the fool may see ; 
 
 His Works a fool can- Will see ; 
 
 His Works the blind fool may feel ; the fool never feels like 
 
 him 
 
 At work. This is after McGinty words ; over after dead 
 Picture. This is my Dead-eye-case-Son 
 
GABRIEL S TE8TATENT. 
 
 Dead-eye-case-shun Dead-eye-dick-shun 
 
 Dick Dead Eye shun-? I case Dead Son 
 
 Dead sons eye the case. 
 
 Dead I Am, case hard Dead Son, your case harden ; 
 
 Into your case, Dead Son, hard then; now then, Son Come 
 
 Again. 
 Son again Born ; SON BORN AGAIN. 
 
 Into your work at thirty, half time ; near thirty-one, half time. 
 
 Into your Work at thirty-one, full time. 
 
 Just as you are into your Work just as you are. 
 
 Work out time ; just as you are, hard work, heavy tire ; 
 
 Work all heavy tire, down shift work, heat, heavy tire ; 
 
 Work lose heat, tire heavy, work loose heat, 
 
 Loose yourself die dig-eye dive headlong, 
 
 Along ahead into her. 
 
 Please tell me what to write, I Am ; I am the same 
 Son, I am the same Son Dead, I am the same Dead Son. 
 Come just at man, dive me in ; then I die, I am same Son. 
 I write anything, dead, for I Am. 
 
 When dead I write anything for my Publis-her. I Am a Jew. 
 I dive out into it, for I Am The Jew ; 
 I am the Common Jew Trinity : 
 
 FATHER E|LI SPIRIT 
 
 Book Cross of Trinity. 
 
 I am to you a Saviour Work for the Common Trinity. 
 Father of Christ, I Am, Eli Joseph. 
 
 Father of Christiamity, Joseph. 
 
 Common Trinity. Father of Christ ianity Joseph. 
 Common Trinity Son a scrub crank, turning towards heaven. 
 Common Trinity Holy Spirit Mary, return to earth of 
 Venus. 
 
 Our God above made three one. 
 Three is one one is three Joseph, John and Jesus. 
 First comes last last comes first Jesus is John Joseph. 
 
 Many years departed, in the Home of the Free, 
 Joe McGinty is mud, still his Spirit kicks the bottom of the 
 holy see. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 He is waiting, on the Kingdom of God, as Joseph of an 
 ancient line; 
 
 Brave in love of God, he would hold Christ to the cross' in 
 present time. 
 
 Remaining as Joseph (son of Jacob) true, noble, continent 
 man, 
 
 Vile woman went her ways, this Joe obeys Gods command. 
 
 In beginning unseen, the Mystery, comes to life by His word, 
 
 With his power some blind will see, some born deaf now have 
 heard. 
 
 God, Himself, his word owns, pictures of evil life it contains, 
 
 Pictures, the greatest evil his Spirit could retain. 
 
 He gave it for evil some evil believe he was right. 
 
 Some profess to know, His kite flies not as high as it might. 
 Great men like their own way. 
 
 They may live without trouble, they may draw their own pay, 
 
 God kills the white man and red, they with His power shall 
 never die, 
 
 They accept God's ways, His understanding of man, 
 
 Christ was the model of God's love, death the first of God's 
 plan. 
 
 Others may snuff his bread of literature. 
 
 It remains fresh and ready and just the same. 
 
 The red man's life is for the Happy Hunting Ground, 
 
 Noble Brave his Great Spirit, in white trash is seldom found. 
 
 To God subdued to nature, they lived in ancient days, 
 
 The white man crowds him unthankful takes his home, 
 Binds his Spirit it will not stay, 
 
 That Spirit prefers to fall backward, in the jaws of death, Its 
 own way. 
 
 Apart from white trash they soar to the Home of the Free 
 
 Well pleased with kindness, independence and liberty. 
 
 They beloved of old, may help that Spirit named Christ, in all 
 ages in God's Home; 
 
 Never was flesh of man to see Christ, that Spirit is in man un- 
 known. 
 
 Who can reveal the secret thoughts of a Christ, when by him- 
 self alone. 
 
 It is beyond the scope of reason, 
 
 For simple man, to view the original scene of a life in ancient 
 times. 
 
 For the pleasure of judgment, I simply write 
 
 As judgment indicates, without change from the original 
 record, 
 
GABEIKL s TESTATENT. 
 
 Except at times, 
 With the help of imagination, to the understanding. 
 
 Not thinking it useless or better otherwise, 
 Believing Jesus was crusified, and satisfied, it was so intended, 
 By gradual development of reason and Christianity, 
 
 He is justified, by kind remembrance. 
 These extracts from the New Testament, in my belief, 
 
 May condense and double distill the Mystery, 
 In which I hope to give respect to the Word of God written 
 By John; he alone claims the word; to Him I give all honor. 
 By permission he alone was a man from God, 
 Known in those times; With firm and unchanging belief 
 
 And respect for the Word, and man of God, 
 With a few sentiments, I scent the following pages 
 
 With pure extracts, of the Flower of Mysteries. 
 Which was carefully raised from affection; elevated 
 And developed in truth for that Spiritual Kingdom. 
 A practical and additional improvement, in the belief 
 
 Of the Grecian Bard of ancient times. 
 
 With the permission of kindness, I am, 
 
 ELI J. JOSEPH. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 God holds no man in ignorance. Free is the mind of man 
 To explore the truth and mystery of His ways. 
 
 This is of your Saviour and King, 
 Born between two lights, which is Christ a Spirit 
 
 A Saviour from God. 
 
 EXTRACT. 
 
 SOME OF IT TO JOHN IN THE WILDERNESS. 
 
 i st Scene Sign of the Time. 
 
 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God. 
 
 All things were made by Him. 
 
 Without Him was not anything made that was made. 
 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men, 
 
 And the darkness comprehended it not. 
 
 There was a man sent from God, 
 Whose name was John, the same came for a witness, 
 
 To bear witness of the Light. 
 He was not THAT Light; THAT was the true Light, 
 But as many as received him, to them gave He power 
 To become the Sons of God; EVEN to them that believed on 
 
 HIS name, 
 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of flesh or man, 
 
 But of God and we beheld his glory, 
 
 As the only begotten of the Father. 
 
 John bare witness, 
 
 Saying, this was He of whom I spake. 
 He that cometh after me is prepared before me; 
 
 For He was before me. 
 
 No man hath seen God at any time. 
 The only begotten Son he hath declared Him. 
 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests 
 From Jerusalem, to ask him who art thou, 
 
 And he confessed and denied not, 
 And they ask him what then art thou Elias, 
 And he said, I am not that Prophet, and he answered no. 
 Then said they unto him, who art thou, what'sayest thou of 
 thyself? 
 
 I baptize with water, 
 But there standethONE among you, whom ye know not. 
 
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10 KAP.KIKL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 He it is who, coming after me, is preferred before me. 
 
 These things were done where John was baptizing, and John 
 
 bare record, 
 Saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven, 
 
 And I knew Him not, 
 
 And I saw and bare record that this is the Son of God, 
 And looking upon Jesus he said, Behold the Lamb of God. 
 And the two disciples heard HIM SPEAK and they followed 
 
 Jesus. 
 
 One of the two which heard JOHN SPEAK and followed HIM 
 Was Andrew. He first findeth his own brother 
 Simeon, and sayeth, We have found the Messias. 
 And he drove them all out of the Temple, and the sheep and 
 
 the oxen. 
 
 The Jews said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us ? 
 Jesus answered, Destroy this Temple and in three days I will 
 Raise it up, but he spake of the Temple of his body. 
 
 When, therefore, he was risen from the Dead, 
 His disciples remembered, and they believed the Scripture. 
 Jesus said, Except a man be BORN AGAIN, he cannot see 
 The Kingdom of God ; except a man be born of water and of 
 
 the Spirit, 
 He cannot enter the Kingdom of God. 
 
 That which is born of flesh is flesh. 
 
 That which is born of Spirit is Spirit. 
 They answered how can this thing be? 
 
 Jesus said, We speak what we do know, 
 
 And testify, that we have seen, 
 
 And ye receive not our witness, 
 
 Even the Son of man, which is in heaven. 
 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, 
 Even so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whosoever 
 
 Believeth in HTM, should not perish 
 
 But have eternal life, for God sent not His Son to condemn 
 The world; but that the world, through Him, might be saved. 
 He that believeth on him is not condemned, 
 And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the 
 
 world, 
 
 And men loved darkness rather than Light. 
 A man receives nothing, except it be given him from heaven. 
 He must increase, but I must decrease. 
 He that cometh from ABOVE is above all, 
 For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the Word of God, 
 For God giveth not the Spirit by measure 
 
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 Unto him. He that believeth on the Son 
 Hath everlasting life ; and he that believeth not the Son 
 
 Shall not see life. 
 
 The Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus 
 Made and baptized more disciples than John; God is 
 A Spirit, and they that worship Him, must worship Him 
 
 In Spirit and in Truth. 
 
 That which is born of Spirit is Spirit. 
 They said unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is 
 
 called Christ. 
 When he is come, he will tell us all things, and many 
 
 More believed because of his own Word. 
 So Jesus came again into Cana, where he made 
 
 The water wine. 
 
 And a certain man, when Jesus saw him lie, 
 And knew that he had been now a long time IN THE CASE, 
 He said unto him, Will thou be made whole ? 
 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man 
 
 When the water is troubled ; 
 But while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. 
 
 Jesus said, 
 
 Kise, take up thy bed and walk ; 
 Sin no more, less a worse thing come unto thee. 
 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and qui^keneth 
 THEM, even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 
 The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear 
 
 The voice of the Son of God. 
 
 For as the Father hath life in Himself, so hath He given 
 The Son to have life in himself, because he 
 Is the Son of man. Marvel not at this, 
 For the hour is coming. I can of mine own self do nothing. 
 I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father 
 
 Which hath sent me. 
 
 If I bear witness of myself my witness is not true ; 
 And the Father Himself, which hath sent me, 
 
 Hath borne witness of me. 
 Ye have neither heard His voice at any time, 
 
 Nor seen His shape. 
 
 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 
 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not. 
 If another shall come in HIS OWN NAME, 
 
 Him ye will receive. 
 
 And this he said to prove him, for he Himself knew 
 What He would do. When Jesus, 
 
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 Therefore perceived that they would come and take him 
 
 By force, to make him a King, he departed again 
 
 Into a mountain, himself alone; and the sea arose 
 
 By reason of a great wind that blew. 
 
 Then they willingly receive him into the ship ; 
 
 And IMMMDIATELY the ship was at the land 
 
 Whither they went. 
 Jesus answered them, and said, Ye seek me not 
 
 Because ye saw the miracles, 
 
 But because ye did eat of the loaves and were filled. 
 Lobor not for the meat which perisheth; 
 But for the meat which endureth unto enternal life, 
 
 Which the Son of man shall give you. 
 This is the Work of God, that ye believe 
 
 On him whom He hath sent. 
 They said therefore unto him, What sign showest thou then, 
 
 That we may see and believe thee? 
 Our Father did eat manna in the desert, 
 But my Father giveth you the TRUE bread from heaven to eat. 
 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, 
 
 And giveth life unto the world. 
 
 And they said unto Him, Lord, evermore give us that bread. 
 All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me, 
 And Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast Him out. 
 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said I am the 
 bread, 
 
 Which cometh down from heaven. 
 I say unto you He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 
 
 I am the bread of life, 
 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven; 
 
 I am the living bread. 
 
 If any man eat of this bread, He shall live forever, 
 The bread that I will give is my flesh. 
 The Jews therefore saying, how can this man give us 
 His flesh to eat; Jesus said unto them, 
 Except ye eat the flesh of the Bon of man, 
 And drink his blood, you have no life in you, 
 
 For my flesh is meat, indeed, 
 
 And my blood is drink, indeed. 
 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven. 
 Not as your father did eat manna, and is dead. 
 He that eatethof this bread, shall live forever. 
 Many of his disciples when they heard THIS, said, 
 
 This is an hard saying, 
 
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 Who can hear it? 
 He said unto them, does this offend you? 
 
 It is the Spirit that quickeneth, the flesh 
 Profiteth nothing; the words that I speak unto you, 
 
 They are Spirit. 
 From that time, many of his diciples went back, 
 
 And walked no more with him. 
 
 Neither did his brethren believe in him. 
 Jesus answered, said, my doctrine is not mine but His that 
 
 sent me. 
 
 He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory, but he 
 That seeketh His glory that sent him, the same is true. 
 
 But lo, he speaketh boldly. 
 How be it we know this man, whence he is, 
 
 But when Christ cometh, no man knoweth 
 whence he is. 
 
 And many of the people believed on him, and said, 
 When Christ cometh will he do more miracles than these, 
 
 Which this man hath done ? 
 
 That great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, 
 Saying, if any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. 
 
 But this spake he of the Spirit. 
 The Holy Ghost was not yet GIVEN, because that Jesus 
 
 was not yet glorified. 
 Many of the people said, of a truth this is THE PROPHET; 
 
 Others said this is the Christ. 
 But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? 
 Hath not the Scripture said, Christ cometh of David 
 
 Out of Bethlehem, where David was ? 
 So there was a division among the people, because of him. 
 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived ? 
 Have any of the rulers of or of the Pharisees believed on him? 
 
 And every man went unto his own house. 
 Jesus said, the Father hath not left me alone, 
 For I do always those things which please Him. 
 As he spake these words, many believed on him. 
 Then said he unto those Jews which believed on him, 
 If ye continue in my Word, then are ye my disciples, indeed, 
 
 And ye shall know the truth; 
 For I proceed forth and come from God. 
 Neither came I of myself, but He sent me. 
 Why do ye not understand my speech, even because 
 
 Ye cannot hear my WORK. 
 I say unto you, if a man keep my sayings he shall 
 
GABRIELS TESTATENT. 
 
 Never see death. 
 
 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know 
 That thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, 
 And the Prophets, and thou sayest, If a man keep 
 Myjayings, he shall never taste death. 
 
 Whom makest thou thyself? 
 
 Jesus answered, If I honor myself my honor is nothing; 
 It is my Father which honoreth me. 
 
 Of whom ye say, He is your God ; 
 
 Yet ye have not known Him. 
 
 And if I should say I know Him not, I shall be a liar 
 Like unto you. I say unto you, before Abraham was, 
 
 I am. 
 
 Then took they up stones, and cast at him, but Jesus 
 Hid Himself, and went out of the temple going 
 Through the midst of them, and so passed by. 
 
 Others said, how can a man that is a sinner do such 
 Miracles ; and there was a division among them. 
 The Jews had agreed that if any man did confess that 
 He was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. 
 We know that God spake unto Moses ; thou wast 
 
 Altogether born in sins, 
 And dost thou teach us ; and they cast him. 
 Some of the Pharisees said, Are we blind also? 
 Then said Jesus unto them again, 
 
 I am the door of the sheep. 
 Therefore doth my Father love me, 
 
 Because I lay down my life. 
 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down 
 Of myself. I have power to lay it down, 
 And I have power to take it up again. 
 This commandment have I received of my Father. 
 
 There was a divssion, therefore, again among the Jews 
 For these sayings. Then cometh the Jews and said unto him, 
 How long dost thou make us to doubt ? 
 If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 
 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not. 
 
 I and MY Father are one. 
 
 Then the Jews took up stones again, to stone him. 
 Jesus answered them : 
 
 Many good "Works" have I shewed you from my Father; 
 For which of these "Works" do ye stone me ? 
 The Jews answered him, For a good Work 
 We stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because that 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 15 
 
 Thou, being man, makest thyself God. 
 
 Jesus answered, Is it not written in your law, I said 
 Ye are gods. Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified 
 Thou blasphemest, because I said I am the Son of God. 
 If I do not the Works of my Father, believe me not. 
 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the Works. 
 
 He escaped out of their hands, 
 And went away again, beyond Jordan, where 
 John at first baptized, and there abode. 
 
 Now, a certain man was sick, 
 Named Lazarus. When Jesus heard THAT, 
 He said, THIS SICKNESS is not unto death, but for the glory 
 Of God, that the Son of God might be glorified 
 Thereby. Now Jesus loved Martha AND HER SISTER, 
 And Lazarus. When he heard, therefore, that he was sick 
 He abode two days still in the same place, where he was. 
 Then, AFTER that, said to HIS disciples, 
 Let us go into Judea again, 
 
 They answered, The Jews of late 
 Sought to stone thee, and goest thou thither again? 
 
 Jesus said, are there not twelve 
 Hours in the day ; if any man walk in the day 
 He stumbleth not, BECAUSE he SEETH THE LIGHT of this world. 
 Then said Jesus unto them, PLAINLY, LAZARUS is dead ! 
 Then said Thomas, which is called Did-amus, unto HIS fellow 
 Disciples, Let us ALSO GO, that WE may die with him. 
 
 Then Martha, as soon as she had heard that 
 Jesus was coming, went and met him, 
 But Mary sat STILL in the house. 
 
 He said unto her, Thy brother shall rise again ; 
 Saying, I am the resurrection 
 And the life. Believe thou this? 
 
 She said unto him, Yea, Lord, I Believe that thou art 
 The Christ, the Son of God, 
 Which should COME INTO the world. 
 And when she had said THIS she went 
 Her way and CALLED Mary, secretly, 
 Saying, THE Master is come, and calleth for THEE. 
 
 When Jesus saw HER weeping, 
 
 And the Jews, he GROANED in the Spirit, and was troubled. 
 They said unto him, Lord, COME and SEE. 
 Jesus wept ! 
 Then said the Jews, BEHOLD 
 
16 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 How he loved him. Jesus therefore again groaned 
 
 In himself. Cometh to the grave. 
 
 It was a cave. 
 
 Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, 
 The sister of him that WAS dead, said unto HIM, 
 
 Lord, by this time he stinketh. 
 Jesus said unto her, said I not unto thee 
 That if thou wouldst believe thou shouldst SEE 
 
 The glory of God. 
 Then they took away the stone FROM THE PLACE, 
 
 And Jesus said, Father, I thank Thee 
 That Thou hast heard me. And when he had 
 Spoken, he cried with a loud voice, 
 
 Lazarus, COME FORTH ! And he that was 
 Dead CAME forth, BOUND hand and FOOT, 
 
 With grave CLOTHES on, and his face was 
 Bound about with a napkin. Jesus said 
 
 Unto them, LOOSE him and LET HIM GO. 
 Then many which came to Mary and had seen the things 
 
 Which Jesus did, believed on him ; 
 
 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees. 
 One named Caiaphas prophesied that Jesus should die 
 
 For that nation. 
 
 And not for that nation only ; but that he should 
 Gather together in one the children of God scattered 
 Abroad. Then from that time fourth 
 They TOOK COUNSEL together to put him to death. 
 
 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, 
 
 Sat thereon. 
 As it is written, fear not daughter of Zion 
 
 Behold the King sitting on an ass colt ; 
 These things understood not his disciples at first ; 
 Then remembered they these things WERE WRITTEN of him; 
 And that they had done THESE THINGS unto him. 
 
 The people, therefore, that were with him 
 
 When he called Lazarus out of his grave, 
 And raised him from the dead, bare record. 
 And Jesus answered, the hour is come, 
 
 And the Son of man should be glorified. 
 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw 
 
 All men unto me ; this he said, 
 Signifying what death he should die. 
 
 The people answered, we have heard out of the Law 
 That Christ abideth forever ; 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 17 
 
 And now sayest Thou, the Son of man 
 Must be lifted up. WHO is THIS SON OF MAN? 
 
 Now I will tell you before it is come. 
 
 When it is come 
 To pass, ye may believe that I AM HE. 
 
 Verily, I say, the cock shall not crow 
 Till thou hast denied me thrice. 
 I speak not of myself, 
 
 But the Father that dwelleth in me. He does the Works. 
 If ye love me keep my commandments, and I will 
 
 Pray the Father give you another comforter, 
 That He may abide with you forever. 
 
 The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, He shall 
 Teach you all things, and bring all things 
 To your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 
 Ye have heard now I said unto you 
 
 I go away and come again unto you. 
 I go unto the Father, for the Father is greater than I ; 
 
 And now I have told you before it came to pass. 
 Hereafter, I will not talk much with you, 
 For the Prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in me. 
 But that the world may know I love the Father, 
 And as the Father gave me commandments, even so I do. 
 I am the true vine and my Father is the husbandman ; 
 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit 
 
 He taketh it away; 
 And every BRANCH that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, 
 
 That it may bear more fruit. 
 Now ye are clean through the WORD 
 
 Which I have spoken unto you ; 
 For all things that I have heard of my Father 
 
 I have made known unto you. 
 If the world hate you, ye know it hated me 
 
 Before it hated you. 
 These things have I spoken unto you 
 
 That ye should not be offended. 
 Yea, the time cometh that whosoever killeth 
 
 You, will think he doeth God service. 
 But these things have I told you, 
 
 That when the time should come, 
 Ye may remember that I told you of them. 
 But I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, 
 
 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. 
 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs. 
 
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 Behold the hour cometh, 
 Yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered 
 
 Every man to his own, and shall leave me alone. 
 Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. 
 
 And, lifting up his eyes to heaven, 
 He said, Father, the hour is come, 
 
 Glorify Thy Son. 
 And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee, 
 
 The true God. 
 And Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 
 
 Now they know that anything 
 Whatsoever thou hast given me, art of Thee; 
 
 For I have given unto them 
 
 The WORDS which thou gavest me; 
 
 And they have received them, 
 And all mine are Thine and Thine are mine, 
 
 And now I am no more in the world. 
 But THESE are in the world, and I come to Thee. 
 
 Holy Father, I have given them THE WORD, 
 And the world hath hated THEM, because they are not 
 Of the world, even as T am not of the world. 
 Sanctify them through truth, Thy Word is truth. 
 
 When Jesus had spoken THESE WORDS, 
 He went forth where there was a garden, 
 
 Into the which he entered, 
 That the saying of Jesus might be FULFILLED, 
 Which he spake, signifying what death he should die. 
 
 Pilate said unto them, 
 I find in him no fault AT ALL, will ye therefore 
 
 That I release unto you the King of the Jews ? 
 
 Then cried they all, 
 Saying, not THIS man but Barabbas. 
 
 Now Barabbas was a robber. 
 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him, 
 And the SOLDIERS platted a crown of thorns, 
 
 And put on him a purple robe. 
 
 Pilate therefore went forth again and said unto them, 
 Behold I bring him forth, I find no fault in him. 
 
 Behold the man, they cried out, 
 
 Crucify him, crucify him. We have a law, 
 
 And by our law he ought to 
 Die, because he made himself the Son of God. 
 He said unto the Jews, behold your King ; but they cried 
 Out, away with him, crucify him; and they took Jesus, 
 
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 And he, bearing his cross went forth into A PLACE 
 
 Called the place of a skull, 
 
 Where they crucified him, and two others 
 
 With Him, on either side, One, 
 
 And Jesus in the midst. 
 And Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross, 
 
 And the writing was, 
 
 Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews. 
 
 Then the SOLDIERS, when they had crucified Jesus, 
 
 Took his garments; 
 
 Now the coat was without seam, 
 
 Woven from the top throughout. 
 They said therefore, among themselves, 
 
 Let us not rend it; 
 That the Scripture might be fulfilled, these things 
 
 Therefore the SOLDIERS did. 
 
 Now, there STOOD by the cross of Jesus, 
 His mother, and his mother's sister, Mary, the wife of Cleophas 
 
 And Mary Magdalene. 
 
 Jesus saw his mother, 
 And the DISCIPLE standing by whom he loved, 
 
 And he said, woman behold thy son. 
 Then said he to the DISCIPLE, behold thy mother. 
 
 After this Jesus knows that all things 
 
 Were now accomplished; 
 That the Scripture might be fulfilled, said I thirst, 
 
 And they filled a sponge with vinegar. 
 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, 
 
 He said, it is finished; 
 And he bowed his head and gave up the Ghost. 
 
 After this Joseph besought Pilate, 
 That he might take away the body of Jesus. 
 
 The first day of the week cometh 
 Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark. 
 
 Peter went forth, and that other disciple; % 
 And the other disciple did outrun Peter. 
 And he, stooping down AND LOOKING in, saw the linen clothes. 
 
 Then went in also the other disciple 
 Which came first to the sepulchre. 
 
 And he saw and beheld, but Mary 
 Stood without weeping; 
 
 And as she wept and looked in, seeth two angels 
 And they say unto her, WOMAN, why weepest thou? 
 She sayeth, because they have taken away my Lord; 
 
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 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back and saw 
 Jesus 
 
 Standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. 
 Jesus sayeth unto her, WOMAN, why weepest thou, 
 
 Whom seekest thou? 
 
 Jesus said unto her, Mary. 
 She turned herself and said unto Him, Master. 
 
 Jesus said unto her, touch me not, 
 For I am not yet ascended to my Father. 
 
 The same day, at evening, to the disciples 
 He showed unto them his hands and his side. 
 
 Then were the disciples glad. 
 Jesus said, peace be unto you. 
 
 Verily, I say unto thee, 
 When thou wast young thou girdest thyself, 
 
 And walkedst whither thou wouldest ; 
 But when thou shalt be old 
 
 Thou shall stretch forth thy hands, 
 And another shall gird thee and carry thee 
 
 Whither thou wouldest not. 
 
 This spake he, signifying by what 
 
 Death he should glorify God. 
 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple which Jesus loved, 
 
 Which also leaned on his breast at supper. 
 
 Then went the saying abroad, among 
 
 The brethren, that this disciple should not die. 
 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, 
 
 And WROTE THESE things ; 
 
 And we know that his testimony it true, 
 
 I suppose 
 
 That even the world itself could not contain 
 Books should be written. 
 
 A man. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 EXTRACT. 
 
 2d Scene Picture Sign of the Time. 
 
 OUT THE WILDERNESS, SOME OF IT BY JOHN, UNDER ST. 
 MATTHEW. MARK, THEN NOW. 
 
 Commencing : John was baptizing in 
 
 Or beyond Jordan, in the wilderness; 
 And he be-held descending upon him, 
 In (John) Joseph, as he walked looked upon himself, 
 
 And said, be-hold the Lamb of God. 
 
 That was the (Jesus) Christ in him. 
 A Spirit from God, from heaven a Saviour, 
 
 Which human eyes could see not. 
 So he said there is One (in John) amongst you, 
 
 Whome ye know not. 
 
 And he beheld in the wilderness, also in writing John; 
 And he confessed, I am not Christs (Spirit) 
 
 Still he denied not. 
 This is of your Saviour, Jesus Christ, 
 
 A Spirit born between two lights; 
 
 Come from God, to be found by following the star of Beth- 
 lehem. 
 
 Christ, unseen, was born in the city 
 
 Of David. 
 The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, 
 
 The Son of David, the Son of Abraham ; 
 
 Joseph, the husband of Mary, 
 
 Of whom was born Jesus, who is called 
 Christ ; she was found with-Child of the Holy Ghost. 
 The Angel of the Lord appeared unto him saying, Joseph, 
 
 Thou Son of David, fear not to take unto thee 
 
 Mary, thy wife; 
 She shall bring forth a Son ; thou shall call his name Jesus. 
 
 And HE called HIS name Jesus. 
 And lo, the star which they saw in the east went before them. 
 
 When they saw the star they rejoiced, 
 And when they were come into the house 
 
 They saw the young CHILD with Mary. 
 And they fell down and worshipped him 
 
 (Same child born in manger recorded in Luke) 
 
 With treasures, gifts, gold. 
 
GABRIEL S TESTATENT. 
 
 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, 
 That it might be fulfilled, 
 
 He shall be called a Nazarene. 
 In those days came "John the Baptist," preaching 
 In the wilderness, the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
 This is he spoken of by the prophet Esaias, 
 
 O generation of vipers, who hath warned you 
 
 Of the wrath to come. 
 
 I indeed baptize you with water, unto repentance ; He 
 Shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and WITH fire. 
 
 His fan is in His hand ; 
 
 He gathers His wheat ; 
 
 He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. 
 And Jesus, baptized, went up out of the water ; 
 And lo, he saw the Spirit of God descending, 
 
 And lighting upon him. 
 
 Then was Jesus led up, of the Spirit, 
 Into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil ; 
 And the devil taketh him into the " Holy City." 
 
 Then the devil leaveth him, and behold 
 
 Angels come and ministered unto him. 
 The people which sat in darkness, saw great light. 
 From that time Jesus began to preach, 
 
 For, the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
 Beware of false prophets ; ye shall know them by their fruit. 
 
 Not every one who saith unto me, Lord, Lord, 
 Shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will 
 
 Of ray Father which is in heaven. 
 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, 
 
 Have we not prophesied in thy name ? 
 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you, 
 
 Depart from me. 
 
 They shall be cast out. There shall be weeping and gnashing. 
 He cast out the spirits with His Word, and healed 
 
 All that were sick. 
 
 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power 
 On earth to forgive sins, (he saith unto the sick,) 
 
 Arise, take up thy bed and go ; 
 
 And he arose, and 1 departed to his house. 
 But when the multitude saw it, they marveled. 
 
 And when he had called unto him his twelve 
 Disciples, he gave them power AGAINST unclean spirits, 
 
 To cast them out, 
 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead. Freely 
 
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 PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 23 
 
 Ye have received, freely give; 
 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit 
 
 Of your Father, which is in you. 
 Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel 
 
 Till the Son of man be come. 
 
 What I tell you in DARKNESS, that speak ye in LIGHT; 
 And he that taketh not his CROSS and followeth 
 
 After me is not worthy of me. 
 
 Verily I say unto you, among them that are born of women 
 There hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist. 
 For all the prophets and the law prophesied 
 
 Until John. 
 
 Thou hast hid these things from the wise, 
 And hast revealed them unto babes; 
 
 For so it seemed good in Thy Sight. 
 All things are delivered unto me of my Father, 
 
 And no man knoweth the Son but the Father. 
 Cover side opposite 
 
 God hath declared Son . 
 
 Scene Picture of the Time. 
 
 God He hath declared me. 
 
 I am not the world which looketh on Himself 
 And knoweth Him not ; 
 
 But, by this from me, the world may know 
 That Jesus was the Son of God. 
 
 Born unto Mary He was John Joseph, 
 Who was the son of Mary and Zacharias Joseph, 
 
 His mother, Mary (Elizabeth) Joseph. 
 And in her old age, him beloved in Spirit left 
 
 Her ; she was overshadowed by the Holy Ghost. 
 Sad of heart, she tried to let him through love, 
 
 When she with him hid in the mountains. 
 But so much he loved that Mary, for this, 
 
 Through her the Christ was born unto him 
 And he called his name Jesus 
 
 From thence forth. 
 
 And God was well pleased, 
 
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 And at all times could trust in him 
 
 And made Himself known in him ; 
 And God was well pleased 
 
 With his judgment towards Himself. 
 And God made him 
 
 Known unto the world, 
 And hid Himself, 
 
 For He was weary ; 
 And Jesus in John Joseph was good enough 
 
 For them to worship. 
 After this, even Jesus 
 
 Would not talk with them much. 
 He loved none but God ; 
 
 He would not return unto them. 
 God's Light was with them, 
 
 Down deep in evil. 
 See, they slighted His Word, 
 
 Committing all acts 
 Which He forbid from the beginning 
 
 Unto the end, (Jesus). 
 John Joseph fulfilled God's Word, 
 
 And all His law. He came 
 Out of darkness (when born), 
 
 And was glorified 
 And raised 
 
 From the dead. 
 
 And no one is loser by it, except the Jews, 
 And they were God's chosen people ; they praised Him 
 
 For all things. 
 They respected, they would not believe flesh of man 
 
 Was God ; certainly 
 
 la God well pleased. 
 His Spirit was in Christ to provoke them ; 
 
 Still they loved Him. 
 In God's will they said to Pilate, crucify him ; 
 
 And the world knew God's Power. 
 
 They were persecuted by Christians ; 
 And God hates them 
 
 That persecuted them that obey His will 
 And law, and this Jew's law remains the same. 
 He SHOULD be crucified ; he MADE, Himself, 
 
 The Son of God; 
 And I, Eli Joseph, am a thoroughbred 
 
 (Jew) ; I am pleased ; I am satisfied. 
 
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 Few of their enemies become the Sons of God. 
 Christ was crucified for them (the Christians), 
 
 But they disobey God's law; 
 They misconstrue His Word ; they are ignorant. 
 God knew they were ignorant. He left them. The Jew 
 
 Is satisfied in all time. 
 He sent them a Saviour, many he lifted their life 
 
 Above the common mind. 
 Many cannot be satisfied ; 
 
 They will believe God's Son (Jesus) 
 Should come, as a worthless babe. 
 
 God's child must contain God's wisdom. 
 Man's child contains man's wisdom of the world, 
 
 And they are wise in their mind, 
 And God is not right, but in His right mind, 
 
 And God's work made wrong side up, 
 
 He is out of their mind, 
 
 And He don't care, 
 
 If they get out of their mind. 
 
 I have a bookkeeper in hell, 
 
 And he will scorch they they find, 
 
 God loves them; not He 
 
 He burns all up their mind, 
 
 They never any more see by God, 
 
 In Him they never existed, 
 
 He burns all down their kind. 
 
 Now, I am coming to God, 
 I am His, I mine, 
 
 I am Eli Him Youman, 
 That is, I am an extract of, 
 
 I Am am I more I Am 
 
 Am I am I a sea of the see of the middle of Cupid, 
 And this mine underside as holding a concoction of 
 
 An extract of, I remain 
 I goeth it stinketh I knoweth. 
 
 Draw some in of in 
 Distill add some 
 
 Add some distill first. 
 Luke after my son now 
 
 After Luke now my son gain, 
 And they had no child, because, 
 
 That, Elizabeth, was barren, 
 And they both, NOW 
 
 Well stricken in years. 
 
26 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 But the ANGEL said, fear not Zacharias, 
 
 And thy wife Elizabeth shall bear 
 Thee a son (John) and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Even from his mother's womb, 
 And many (in Israel) shall he turn to the Lord THEIR God. 
 
 And he shall go before Him, 
 In the Spirit and Power of Elias. 
 
 And Zacharias said unto the ANGEL, 
 Whereby shall I know this ; 
 
 And the ANGEL, answering, said: I am Gabriel 
 That stand, 
 
 In the presence of God. 
 
 Thou shalt be dumb, because thou believest not my WORDS, 
 Which shall be fulfilled in their season. 
 
 And when HE came out they perceived 
 That he had seen a vision in the temple ; 
 For he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. 
 
 And after those days Elizabeth 
 
 Conceived, and hid herself FIVE months, saying, 
 Thus hath the Lord dealt with ME, to take away 
 
 My reproach among men. 
 
 And in the sixth month Gabriel was sent 
 
 Unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 
 To a virgin espoused to Joseph of David. 
 
 (The virgin's name was Mary.) 
 And the ANGEL came in 
 Unto her, he said, Hail, thou that art highly FAVORED ; 
 
 The LORD is with thee ; 
 
 Blessed art thou among women. 
 She was troubled, 
 
 And cast in her mind what manner of 
 
 Salutation this should be. 
 And the ANGEL said, fear not, Mary, 
 
 And bring forth a Son, 
 
 And call his name Jesus. 
 
 He shall be great ; called the Son of the Highest. 
 The Power of The Highest shall overshadow thee ; 
 Therefore that HOLY THING born of thee ; 
 
 The Son of God. 
 And Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a sou, 
 
 In her old age. 
 And the angel departed and Mary arose, 
 
 And went into the hill country 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 27 
 
 And saluted Elizabeth. 
 Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, 
 
 The babe leaped; 
 And Elizabeth was filled 
 
 With the Holy Ghost, 
 
 And she spake 
 Whence, is this to me, for as soon as the voice of thy salutation 
 
 Sounded, the babe leaped for joy. 
 And Mary said, my soul doth MAGNIFY the LORD, 
 For he hath regarded the low estate of his hand maiden. 
 Now, Elizabeth, she brought forth a son, 
 And his father wrote his name, saying, 
 
 His name is JOHN. 
 
 And they marveled, 
 
 And his mouth WAS OPENED, 
 Immediately his tongue loosed, and he spake 
 
 And PRAISED God. 
 
 And fear came on all that dwelt round about, 
 And all these sayings were noised abroad, 
 Saying, what manner of CHILD shall this be, 
 
 And the HAND of the Lord was with him, 
 
 And his father, Zacharias, was filled 
 
 With the Holy Ghost, saying, 
 
 Blessed be the Lord God, 
 
 For He hath visited and REDEEMED His people, 
 As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets 
 
 Which have been, since the world began, 
 And the CHILD shalt be called the prophet 
 
 OF THE HIGHEST, 
 To give KNOWLEDGE of SALVATION 
 
 Unto HIS people, 
 Through the tender mercy of our God 
 
 To give light to them that sit in darkness, 
 And the Child grew strong in spirit, 
 And was in the desert till his showing, unto Israel. 
 Joseph went from Nazareth, to Bethlehem, because 
 
 He was of David 
 Taxed, with Mary, being great 
 
 With Child. 
 And so it was, she brought forth her first 
 
 Born Son, 
 Wrapt him in swaddling clothes, 
 
 Laid him in a manger; 
 There was no room 
 
28 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 In the Inn. 
 And there (in the same) 
 
 Country shepherds 
 Keep watch over their flock by night, 
 
 And lo, the Angel of 
 The Lord came upon them, 
 
 Shone round, about them. 
 And the Angel said unto them, 
 
 Fear not, for behold, 
 Unto you is born this day, 
 
 In the City of David, 
 A Saviour, 
 
 And this shall be a sign unto you, 
 And suddenly there was, with the Angel, 
 
 A multitude of the heavenly 
 
 Host praising God. 
 And it came to pass, the shepherds 
 
 Said one to another, 
 
 Let us now go, even 
 
 Unto Bethlehem 
 And see this thing, which 
 
 Is come to pass. 
 And they came with haste, 
 
 Found Mary and Joseph, 
 
 The babe, lying in a manager, 
 And they made known abroad the saying 
 
 Which was told them concerning THIS CHILD. 
 And all they that heard it wondered at those things 
 
 From the shepherds. 
 Mary kept all these things, 
 
 Pondered them in her heart, 
 
 And the shepherds returned. 
 And when eight days were accomplished for his name, 
 
 Jesus was so 
 
 Named of the Angel before. 
 And behold, Simon was just and devout. 
 
 The Holy Ghost was 
 
 Upon him, and it revealed 
 
 He should see 
 
 The Lord's Christ. 
 
 He took him up in his arms 
 And blessed God, and said, now lettest thou Thy servant 
 
 Depart in peace, 
 
 According to Thy Word. 
 
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 And Joseph and his mother marveled 
 
 At those things spoken of HIM. 
 They said unto Mary, behold 
 
 This CHILD is set for the fall, 
 And rising again of many, 
 Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul, 
 
 Also, that the thoughts of many hearts 
 
 May be revealed. 
 
 And when THEY had performed all things 
 According to the law, they returned 
 
 To Nazareth. 
 And the CHILD grew strong in Spirit, filled 
 
 With wisdom, and grace 
 
 Of God WAS upon him. 
 
 Now, his PARENT 
 When he was twelve years old, 
 
 And Joseph and his mother knew not 
 
 OF IT, 
 His mother said unto him, 
 
 Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us, 
 And they understood not the sayings which 
 
 He spake unto them. 
 And he went down to Nazareth, 
 
 And was subject unto them. 
 And he increased in wisdom and in favor, 
 
 With GOD and man. 
 
 God came unto John, 
 
 The SON of Zacharias, in the wilderness, 
 And he came into all the country 
 
 About Jordan preaching, 
 For the remission of sins ; all flesh 
 
 Shall see the salvation of God. 
 O, generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee, 
 
 For I say unto you, that God is able 
 
 Of these stones 
 
 To raise up children. 
 
 And they said unto him, Master what shall we do ? 
 And the SOLDIERS likewise said unto him, WHAT SHALL WE DO ? 
 
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 GABRIEL'S 
 
 TESTATENT. 
 
 He said, do violence to no man, 
 
 Neither accuse any falsely. 
 And, as the people were in expectation 
 
 All men mused in their hearts of John, 
 
 He were the Christ or not. 
 John answered, saying, unto all, 
 
 I indeed baptize with water, 
 
 But One Mightier than I cometh ; He 
 Shall BAPTIZE you with 
 
 The Holy Ghost 
 
 And with FIRE, 
 Whose fan is in HIS HAND; 
 
 Will gather the wheat into His garner; 
 Chaff He will burn with FIRE 
 
 UNQUENCHABLE. 
 And many other things 
 
 Preached 
 
 He. 
 For all the evil He rod 
 
 Had done, added this, above 
 All, He, SHUT UP, John. 
 All the people baptized to pass, Jesus, 
 Being baptized, and praying 
 
 Heaven opened, 
 The Holy Ghost descended, 
 
 A voice from Heaven, my Son, 
 I am pleased. 
 
 And Jesus began 
 Thirty years of age. 
 
 The son of Joseph 
 
 OfH Eli. 
 
 Of Adam of God, 
 And Jesus being FULL of the Holy Ghost, led 
 
 By the Spirit, into the wilderness, 
 Being forty days, tempted in those days 
 
 He did eat 
 Nothing after ward hungered. 
 
 And the devil, 
 If thou be the Son, Command 
 
 This stone bee bread. 
 
 And Jesus answered, 
 Man shall not live by bread 
 
 Alone, by Word of God. 
 And the devil, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 31 
 
 Into a high mountain show 
 
 The world, in time. 
 And the devil said, 
 
 Him, All Power, I give Thee glory, 
 
 For that unto me, I will I give it. 
 Ifthou wilt 
 
 Worship me 
 
 Be thine. 
 And Jesus answered Him, 
 
 Get Thee, it is written 
 
 Worship thy God 
 
 I Him Only serve. 
 And He brought him to Jerusalem, 
 
 And set him and said 
 If thou be the Son, cast 
 
 Thyself down. 
 For it is written He shall 
 
 Charge over thee to keep thee, 
 Hands bear thee, at any time dash thy foot 
 
 And Jesus answered Him, it is said, 
 And the devil, ended all, the temptations, 
 
 He departed for. 
 
 And Jesus returned in the Power of Thee 
 Spirit, and out went a fame of him 
 
 Region round, 
 And he taught, 
 
 In their sin agogs 
 
 Glorified all, 
 And he to Nazareth brought up, 
 
 As his custom was, 
 He the sin agog stood up, 
 
 To read. 
 There delivered THE BOOK of the prophet Esaias, 
 
 Where it was written, 
 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because, 
 
 He hath anointed me 
 
 To preach 
 
 The Gospel. 
 He hath sent me to heal 
 
 The broken hearted captives. 
 
 The blind set at liberty, 
 
 Them that are bruised ; 
 
 To preach acceptable ; he GAVE IT to the minister. 
 And the eyes of all the sin agog fastened on him. 
 
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 This day, is this Scripture, 
 
 In your ears. 
 All wondered at the Words, His is not 
 
 Joseph. 
 Me Physician, 
 
 Heal thyself 
 
 In THY COUNTRY, 
 
 Prophet own country. 
 When the heaven was shut up, 
 
 Three years, six months was great famine 
 
 Was all the land, Elias sent a city. 
 These THINGS filled with wrath 
 
 Rose up out of the city and came down, 
 And they were astonished at his doctrine, 
 
 For his Word was Power. 
 And in saying let us alone what have we, 
 
 Come to destroy us, I know who Thou art. 
 And Jesus rebuked, saying, hold thy peace, 
 And the devil in the midst came out; 
 
 And they were all amazed among themselves, 
 Spake what a Word is this with authority, 
 
 He commandeth COME OUT. 
 And fame went out every place, 
 
 The country round 
 
 And he arose entered into. 
 And he stood over, left her, 
 
 Arose now when the son was setting, 
 
 Laid his hands on every one of them healed . 
 Devils came out crying ; 
 
 He rebuked them, suffered, 
 
 They knew that he was Christ. 
 He departed and went, the people came unto him, 
 
 That he should not depart from them, 
 
 And he said unto them I must, for am I sent. 
 
 And it came to pass, 
 People pressed to hear the Word of God. 
 
 He stood by and saw them washing. 
 He sat down when he had left speaking in the deep, 
 Saying, Master, we have toiled and taken nothing ; 
 
 Nevertheless I will, and when they had 
 
 They enclosed a great multitude, 
 That they should come and help them : 
 
 And they came, so that they began 
 
 Saying, depart, I am a sinful man. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
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 He was astonished, 
 At which they had taken, and so was John. 
 
 The Sons which were partners, from 
 Henceforth men. 
 
 They forsook all and followed Him. 
 And it came to pass, he was in a city; 
 
 Behold, a man full, 
 
 Fell on his face; he, clean, put forth 
 His hand, touched I will be clean 
 
 And immediately departed. 
 
 And he charged him, accordingly, 
 For testimony more went their fame abroad. 
 
 Great multitudes healed their infirmities. 
 
 He withdrew, himself, into the wilderness. 
 And it came to pass, on a certain day, he was there, 
 
 And doctors sitting by, were a Power to heal, 
 And Behold (in palsy means) they bring him in 
 
 Before they could find way, they bring him in. 
 To lay him when they could not find by what way 
 
 They might, because of the multitude, 
 
 They went up on and let him down through 
 With his couch in the midst, 
 He said unto him, Man thy sins are forgiven thee. 
 
 And the scribes began to reason who is 
 This which speaketh, who can, but God alone. 
 
 Jesus perceived their thought answering, reason. 
 But that ye may know the Son of man hath power, 
 
 Arise, take up thy couch and go. 
 Immediately rose up that, whereon he lay, departed. 
 
 His own house gloryfying God ; 
 And they were all amazed they glorified God, 
 
 And filled with fear, strange things to-day. 
 And after these things he saw a publican sitting, 
 
 The custom, he said, follow me. 
 
 He left, rose, followed him. 
 
 But scribes murmured, why do ye eat with sinners, 
 Jesus answered, they that are whole need not, but they are sick. 
 
 I come but sinners to repentance, 
 
 And they said, John, fast often, 
 
 Make prayers, eat and drink, 
 And he said, children of the bride chamber fast, 
 
 While the bridegroom the days will come. 
 Bridegroom away from them, fast those days, 
 And he spake a parable; 
 
GABRIEL S TESTATENT. 
 
 Putteth a new upon an old, both, 
 
 Maketh a rent and take out of the new, 
 
 Agreeth not with the old. 
 An no MAN putteth new in OLD 
 
 The burst, the spilled, shall perish. 
 
 But new must be put into new both preserved. 
 No MAN also having OLD, desireth new ; he saith, 
 It came to pass on the Second, after the First. 
 
 His disciples plucked them in their hands. 
 
 Why do ye that which is not lawful to do ? 
 And Jesus answering not. 
 Ye read so much. 
 He did eat, and gave also to them that were with him. 
 
 There was a man 
 
 Whose hand withered, 
 
 An accusation against him. 
 He knew their thoughts, and said, Rise, 
 
 Up in the midst ; he arose, and stood. 
 Said Jesus, I will ask you one thing, 
 
 Is it lawful to save life or destroy it ? 
 
 And, looking round, the man Stretched 
 His hand was restored as the other. 
 
 And they were filled communed what 
 
 They might come to pass, in those days. 
 Continued all night, in prayer to God. 
 
 And when it was day He called them. 
 
 He chose, whom He named. 
 For there went virtue out, and healed them. 
 
 Blessed are ye that weep now, ye shall laugh. 
 
 Blessed are ye, when they shall separate you 
 From THEIR company, reproach you, and cast out your evil. 
 
 Rejoice for joy, for behold great heaven, 
 
 In like manner did the prophets. 
 
 But woe unto you, rich, your consolation woe unto you. 
 Woe unto you, full, hunger you that laugh, now weep. 
 You all men speak ; so did their fathers ; you here, do good. 
 
 Give to man thy goods, ask them not again. 
 As ye would men should, do you likewise. 
 Love which love you, thank ye, sinners love those that love do; 
 
 And if ye lend, hope to receive thanks ; 
 
 Sinners receive them again. 
 Love ye, your do good, hoping for nothing again. 
 
 Reward, shall ye be, of the Highest. 
 
 He is kind, unthankful to evil ; 
 
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 Therefore your merciful Father, also is, 
 
 And ye shall be not, forgive and ye shall forgive. 
 Give, it shall be given pressed down, shaken together, 
 Running over, into your bosom with the same. 
 
 Measure met withal, you again. 
 
 And He spake a parable, can 
 The blind lead, they both into the ditch. 
 
 But every one perfect be his master. 
 Brother, percievest thine own eye ; how canst thou 
 Let me pull out the mote, when thyself beholdest not 
 
 The beam ; thou hypocrite, cast out. 
 
 Shalt thou see clearly, in thy brother's eye. 
 A tree bringeth forth fruit ; doth a corrupt bringeth forth fruit, 
 Know his fruit thorns, not figs, of a bramble bush. 
 
 Out of the treasure, bringeth forth good, 
 Evil man out of evil. 
 
 Call ye, the things which I say cometh. 
 I will show you, he is like, he is like a man, 
 Foundation, shake it, for it was founded upon a rock 
 Heareth and doeth, foundation earth fell, ruin was great. 
 
 When he ended his sayings the audience entered. 
 A certain servant dear was sick, ready to die of Jesus. 
 
 The Jews beseeching him he come, 
 
 And they instantly saying he was worthy, 
 For he loveth our nation, he built us a synagog. 
 
 Jesus went with them, he was now not far from friends. 
 
 Trouble not thyself for I, that thou shouldst enter, 
 I myself worthy to come unto thee. 
 
 Say in a word, I am set under Authority. 
 Having under me, I say one, he goeth, he cometh, 
 
 Do, he doeth it. 
 
 Jesus heard these things, he marveled, 
 And turned about, said unto the people, followed Him. 
 
 I say unto you, I have not found so great faith 
 
 In Israel. 
 
 And they that were sent found, had been sick; 
 And behold, when he came nigh the gate was a dead man, 
 
 Carried, the son of his mother, he had 
 
 Compassion and said weep not. 
 He came and touched, they that bare him, 
 
 Stood still young man; I say unto thee arise; 
 
 And he that, dead sat up began to speak to, 
 And there came a fear glorifying God a great prophet, 
 
 Among us, that hath visited His people. 
 
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 And this rumor of Him throughout the region round ; 
 And the disciples of John shewed him things. 
 John sent them to Jesus, he looked for Another; 
 
 The men come said, JOHN BAPTIST hath sent us, 
 He that should come, look for another. 
 In that hour many their infirmities that were blind, 
 
 Gave sight. 
 Jesus said, tell John seen and heard 
 
 Blind see, lame walk, lepers, deaf here, dead raised, 
 
 The Gospel is preached. 
 Blessed he, not be offended in me. 
 
 And when of John departed, he began 
 Speak unto the people concerning John. 
 Went ye out into the wilderness, see shaken with the wind ; 
 
 But what went ye out for to see ? 
 A man clothed, soft raiment, appareled in King's courts. 
 
 But what went ye out for to see? 
 A Prophet unto you, and much more than a prophet ; 
 THIS is HE, it is written, behold I send My Messenger ; 
 
 I say among those born of woman 
 There is not a greater Prophet than JOHN THE BAPTIST. 
 
 God is greater than He. 
 
 And all the people justified God, the baptism of John. 
 But the lawyers rejected the council of God, 
 
 Against themselves, being not of Him. 
 Whereunto, then, shall I liken this generation ; 
 
 What are they like? 
 
 They are like children sitting and calling one to another, 
 Unto you ye not wept, for JOHN THE BAPTIST ; 
 
 And ye say, HE hath a devil. 
 The Son of man is come eating, ye say, 
 Gluttonous man and sinners. 
 
 Wisdom justified Her children ; 
 Desired him that he would sit down to meat. 
 Behold, Jesus sat at meat, in the box, 
 
 And stood at HIS feet, weeping tears, wipe them, 
 
 Head them with the ointment. 
 Now which had bidden him, saw it within Himself; 
 If he were a prophet, this is that toucheth Him a sinner. 
 And Jesus answered, He Master, say on ; 
 When nothing to pay, He frankly 
 Forgave them, will love Him most. 
 
 I suppose He forgave most, and said thou hast rightly turned. 
 The woman seest thou this woman thou gavest me ; 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 She hath washed my feet with tears of her head. 
 Thou gavest me this woman since, the time, I came in 
 
 Hath not ceased, kiss my head. 
 
 Thou didst annoint, but this woman annointed my feet. 
 I say her sins, which are many, forgiven, 
 
 She loved much, the same loveth little, 
 Unto her sins are forgiven, they who this forgiveth, 
 
 Woman faith, go in peace. 
 And it came to pass, 
 
 Afterward, he preaching, shewing glad tidings, 
 God with him, woman of evil spirits and infirmities. 
 Mary Magdalene went seven devils, of others. 
 And much people were gathered to Him, out of every city; 
 He spake a parable : out to sow his seed 
 
 By the wayside, was down, and FOWLS devoured it ; 
 Fell upon a rock, it was sprung up, withered because 
 Lacked moisture ; among thorns, thorns sprang up 
 
 Choked it ; fell on good ground, sprang up, bare fruit. 
 
 He said these things, he cried, ears to hear. 
 What might this parable be ; 
 
 Unto you it is given to know the MYSTERIES, 
 In parables, seeing might not see, 
 Hearing not, understand. 
 Now the parable is this, seed of God, 
 
 The wayside here, then cometh taketh their hearts. 
 They should believe on the Rock, they hear, receive 
 With joy, have no root for awhile, in temptation fall away 
 
 Among thorns, wken they heard, go choked with cares 
 
 This life ; no fruit to perfection. 
 On the good, honest good heart, having heard 
 
 The Word, keep it, bring forth fruit with patience. 
 No man covereth it with a vessel, putteth it under a bed. 
 Setteth IT on a candlestick, they which enter 
 See the light, for nothing is secret ; 
 
 Manifest anything hid. Take heed, 
 Whosoever hath be given, hath not from him, 
 Taken that which he seemeth to have. 
 
 Come to Him, come at Him, for the press. 
 And it was told by certain, desiring to see Thee, 
 He answered, THESE hear the Word of God and do it to pass. 
 A certain day he said, let us go over unto the other side, 
 And they forth sailed, fell asleep; 
 There came forth a storm, they were filled with water, 
 And they come, 
 
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38 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Saying, Master, Master, perish. 
 
 He arose the wind and raging water. 
 They ceased, calm, said, Your Faith, another. 
 
 He commandeth, water, obey Him. 
 They arrive at the country, Galilee ; 
 
 Went forth to land, met him the CERTAIN MAN 
 Which had devils long time ; 
 Wear no clothes, 
 
 In any house, in the tombs. 
 Jesus cried out, and fell down before Him. 
 A voice said, what have I to do, 
 
 JESUS, Son of God, torment me not. 
 He commanded the Spirit out of man ; 
 
 It had caught Him. 
 He kept CHAINS, fetters, BRAKE BANDS, 
 
 THE DEVIL. 
 Jesus asked Him, what is Thy name, 
 
 He said, LEGION. 
 
 Him he would not command into the deep, 
 There herds of swine besought Him 
 He suffer them, 
 
 And HE SUFFERED them. 
 The devils out of man enter swine ; 
 
 Herd down a steep place into the LAKE. 
 Were choked, fed them done, 
 
 Fled TOLD country ; 
 They see what was done to Jesus. 
 
 The man the devil, feet of Jesus clothed, 
 In his right mind, 
 
 By means, the devils, healed. 
 
 The whole multitude, the country about to DEPART, 
 They were taken with great FEAR. 
 
 He went up and returned back again. 
 Now, the man departed that he might be with HIM. 
 
 Jesus sent saying, return to THINE OWN. 
 Great things God hath done, 
 
 His way throughout the whole great things. 
 It came to pass was returned, received, waiting for him, 
 
 And he fell down at Jesus, besought him to come. 
 For he had one age, the people having spent 
 
 All living, could be healed behind Him. 
 The border of His garment, immediately touched me ; 
 
 All denied. 
 They that were with Him said, Master, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 39 
 
 Press Thee, Touched me, 
 
 Somebody, perceive that virtue gone out. 
 She came trembling, and falling down before Him, 
 She declared Him before all people, 
 
 What cause she had touched Him. 
 She was healed immediately. He said her said : 
 Take your journey, bread, 
 Two coats 
 
 Apiece ; enter into there 
 Abide, thence depart. 
 When ye go out shake dust against them. 
 They went through preaching, 
 
 Gospel heard was done by Him. 
 He was perplexed because, some 
 
 John was, Elias had, other prophets again. 
 
 John have I, who is this of whom I hear 
 
 Such things, to see Him. 
 And he took them, and went aside the city called ; 
 
 And the people knew it, followed him, 
 He spake, the Kingdom of God healed them. 
 And began to wear away, 
 
 Send the COUNTRY ROUND. 
 
 Lodge and get, we are here in a PLACE ; 
 But He said unto them, eat ; we have no more 
 Except we go buy meat, all this people. 
 
 Make them sit in a company, and they did so. 
 
 Make them all sit down. 
 He, looking up to Heaven, brake, to set before ; 
 
 They did eat, filled up, fragments remained. 
 It came to pass with Him ; 
 
 He asked them, people, I am, John the Baptist. 
 Elias, others say, old prophets. 
 
 Again, whom say ye I am, Peter Christ God. 
 He straightly charged them, 
 Command them. No. 
 
 Man, that thing. 
 
 The Son of man must suffer many things 
 Rejected, raised day to them all. 
 
 If any man will, come, let him deny himself 
 
 Daily follow me. 
 For, save life lose it; lose life for My sake, 
 
 The same save it. 
 For what is a man 
 
 Gain, the whole world, LOSE 
 
40 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Himself cast away. 
 
 For be ashamed of me, and MY WORDS, 
 The Son of man be ashamed, 
 
 His own glory, the HOLY TRUTH. 
 
 There be here. 
 See the Kingdom of God came to pass, after 
 
 He took and went up a mountain, 
 He prayed, the fashion of his countenance 
 
 Altered, his raiments glistening, 
 Behold two men, Moses and Elias in glory, 
 
 Spake of his decease, which he should accomplish. 
 They were with him heavy ; when they were awake 
 They saw, two men stood it came to pass; 
 Jesus, Master, Moses, Elias, 
 
 Not knowing what he said. 
 
 While he thus spake, there came a cloud; he feared, 
 Into the cloud, a voice out the cloud saying, 
 
 My SON, hear him. 
 
 And when the cloud was past, Jesus found it close. 
 No man in those days seen it, came to pass, 
 
 Next day come down the hill, much met him. 
 Behold, a man, Master, I beseech Thee, 
 
 My SON is mine, only child. 
 Lo, a Spirit taketh him, he crieth, 
 
 Tearing him, bruising him, departeth from him. 
 
 I besought, to cast him out, they could not. 
 Jesus answering, Shall I be with You and suffer You, 
 
 SON hither. 
 
 And he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, 
 Tear him, unclean Spirit, 
 
 Child to his Father. 
 They all amazed at the Mighty Power of God. 
 
 Wondered every one, which Jesus did. He said, 
 
 Let these sayings sink down your ears. 
 For the Son of man, delivered into the hands of men ; 
 They understood not, saying it hid from, them. 
 They percieved it not, they feared ask that saying ; 
 Arose a reasoning, which should be GREATEST. 
 
 Jesus, percieving Heart, took CHILD him by Him ; 
 
 Whosoever receiveth this CHILD receiveth me ; 
 Receiveth me, receiveth 
 
 HIM WHO sent me. 
 Least among you all 
 
 SHALL be GREAT. 
 
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 John, Master in Thy Name, forbade him, 
 He followeth not with us. 
 
 Jesus said, forbid him not ; he 
 
 That is not against us, is for us. 
 And it came to pass, he should be received up ; 
 Steadfastly set his face, 
 
 To go, messengers before his face 
 
 They entered to make ready for him. 
 They did receive him, because his face 
 
 Was as he would go, to John, saw this. 
 They said, that FIRE come down from heaven, 
 
 Consume them Elias did. 
 
 He turned, rebuked, ye know not, ye are of man, 
 To destroy lives, to save them, they went. 
 And it came to pass, they went in The Way, 
 Man said unto Him, I will follow Thee 
 Whither soever goest, 
 Jesus said, 
 
 The son of man hath his head. 
 He said unto another, follow me to go and bury, 
 Let dead Berry preach, Kingdom of God. 
 Also said, I will follow thee, 
 
 Let me bid them farewell home. 
 No man, having his hand to the plow, looking back, 
 
 Is fit Kingdom of God. 
 
 After these things, appointed, sent them TWO TWO, 
 His face, He Himself 
 
 Would come. 
 
 Said He unto them, truly great laborers, 
 Into harvest, Lambs, 
 
 Neither purse, (by the way) enter first ; 
 Peace shall rest upon it, if not it shall turn again. 
 And the same eating and drinking things, 
 Gave worthy hire. 
 
 Eat such things, which are set before you ; 
 Heal that therein, say unto them, 
 GOD IS COME, 
 
 Nigh unto your ways. 
 The very dust of your city, cleaveth, 
 We do, wipe off against you. 
 
 Notwithstanding, be sure, the GOD is nigh unto you. 
 But I say unto you, it shall be no more tolerable, 
 That day for that city, woe unto thee, 
 
 The MIGHTY works have been done, 
 
GABRIEL S TESTATENT. 
 
 Have been done they had a great while, ago, 
 It shall, at the JUDGMENT for you 
 Tho' exalted to HELL, 
 
 He you heareth despiseth. 
 He that despiseth despiseth that sent me. 
 And joy devils, subject, 
 
 As lightning from heaven. 
 
 Behold I tred on scorpions, over all 
 Hurt you, the SPIRITS, subject you, rather, 
 
 Your names in heaven in Spirit I thank thee, 
 Heaven and earth, these things prudent, 
 
 Hast revealed BABES. 
 Father so it seemed, good things delivered, 
 
 No man knoweth, the son is but the Father; 
 And who the Father, but the son, 
 
 Whom the son WILL reveal Him. 
 And he turned Him privately, 
 
 The Eyes which See all things 
 
 That many Kings desired to See things, 
 
 Have not seen, to hear those things, 
 
 Have not heard them. 
 A lawyer stood, saying, Master, 
 What, shall I inherit life ? 
 
 What is written, how readest thou ? 
 Thou shalt, with all thy heart, thy soul strength, 
 All thy mind thyself, 
 
 This do and thou shalt live. 
 Willing to justify Himself, Jesus is my neighbor, 
 Certain, man went down among thieves, 
 
 Which stripped him 
 His raiment, departed half dead; 
 
 By chance, he saw him pass by the other side, 
 He was AT THE PLACE looked on him, passed by. 
 
 A certain Samaritan, he journeyed, where he was, 
 He saw, had compassion on him, 
 
 Went to his wounds on his own breast, 
 
 Took care of him. 
 
 On the morrow took and gave unto him, 
 Take care of him, whatsoever more 
 
 When again I will repay thee, 
 Which now was fell among the thieves, 
 
 He that shewed mercy, then go do likewise. 
 It came to pass, he entered into, 
 
 And a certain woman received him, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 She had a sister, Mary also sat at Jesus feet. 
 
 Heard his Word, was cumbered, and came to him 
 Said, Lord dost thou not care, my sister hath left me 
 
 To serve alone, therefore help me. 
 
 Jesus answered, thou art careful, troubled, many THINGS, 
 One thing is needful ; Mary, chosen, part, 
 
 Which shall not be taken away, 
 And it came to pass, he in a certain place ceased, 
 Unto Him John also taught his, 
 
 When ye pray, Our Father in heaven come 
 
 Thy will as in heaven, so in earth, 
 Give our bread, forgive our sins, 
 For we also forgive, indebted to us. 
 
 Lead us to temptation deliver from evil. 
 Which shall have a friend, unto him at midnight, 
 And say, Friend, lend me three loaves ; 
 
 A Friend of mine, his journey, is come to me, 
 
 I have nothing before him, 
 And within shall answer, trouble me not, 
 The door is not shut, 
 
 My children are with me in bed, 
 
 I cannot rise and give thee. 
 Though he will not rise and give him, 
 Because he is his friend, because 
 
 Of his importunity, he will give him 
 
 As as needeth. 
 
 I say, ask it shall be given, you seek. 
 Knock, opened unto you ; 
 
 Every one asketh, he that seeketh findeth ; 
 
 Knocketh, it be opened. 
 A son shall ask bread of you, 
 
 That is, will He give him a stone ; 
 
 If he a fish, fish HIM a serpent ; 
 If he ask an egg, 
 
 Offer him a scorpion ? 
 Ye being evil know how to give gifts, 
 Your children, much more give, 
 
 The Holy Spirit ask Him. 
 He casting out a devil was dumb, 
 
 And it came to, the devil gone, the dumb spake. 
 
 The people wondered. 
 But some said he casteth out devils, through 
 
 The Chief. 
 Others, tempting him, a sign from heaven. 
 
GABRIELS TESTATENT. 
 
 He, knowing their thoughts, divided desolation ; 
 
 Divided, a house falleth. 
 Satan divided Himself; 
 
 Shall his kingdom stand ? 
 
 I cast out devils, Beelzebub ; 
 If I BEELZEBUB, cast out DEVILS, 
 WHOM do them out. 
 
 Therefore judges I GOD finger out devils. 
 When a man, armed, keepeth his place, 
 
 Good are in peace. 
 Stronger than he, shall come and overcome him, 
 
 His armour trusted, divideth spoils. 
 That not with me is against me, 
 
 He not with me scattereth. 
 The unclean spirit, out of a man ; 
 He walketh, seeking rest, 
 
 Finding none, he return whence 
 
 I came out; 
 And he findeth it swept and garnished, 
 
 Goeth he to seven other spirits, 
 Wicked himself, they enter in and dwell there. 
 
 The last state of that man is the first, 
 It came to pass, a certain woman of the company, 
 Lifted up and said unto him, the womb, 
 The paps thou hast sucked, rather blessed are they, 
 
 Hear the Word of God and keep it. 
 The people gathered thick together to say, 
 An evil generation seek a sign. 
 
 But Jonas, the prophet, Jonas a sign, 
 
 Shall the Son of man be generation. 
 The Queen shall rise up in judgment. 
 
 Condemn the utmost parts of the EARTH. 
 
 Hear the wisdom of Solomon, behold 
 
 Greater Jonas here. 
 The MEN shall rise up in the Judgment, 
 This generation shall condemn it, 
 
 They repented at the preaching, behold 
 
 Greater Solomon here. 
 No man lighted, putteth it in a secret place, 
 
 They which come in may See the Light. 
 Light is the eye, single body full of Light. 
 
 Thine, evil body, full of darkness 
 Take heed therefore, light thee be not darkness, 
 Whole body full of light, no part dark, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMKS. 
 
 Full of Light thee, bright shining candle 
 
 Give the Light. 
 He spake certain, Phar I see, 
 
 He sat down to meat, he marveled; 
 
 He had not washed before dinner ; 
 Now do ye Phar I see clean the cup, 
 
 The platter, inward part of wickedness. 
 Ye fools, He that made, is WITHOUT, within. 
 Give ye have, and behold, 
 
 Things are clean unto you. 
 Woe ye tithe mint, rue" manner pass, 
 
 4 Judgment ye have done, to leave other undone. 
 You the uppermost seats in the market, 
 
 You hypocrites, ye, as graves, appear not ; 
 
 Walk over, not aware of them. 
 The lawyers, thus saying thou reproachest us. 
 
 Woe, ye lawyers, ye lade men with burdens ; 
 Ye yourselves touch not the burden of your fingers. 
 Woe you build the sepulchres, and kill them. 
 
 I will send them some, slay and persecute, 
 Shed the foundation of the world, 
 
 Be required generation. 
 
 Zacharias perished between the altar and the temple ; 
 I say unto you, be required generation. 
 You lawyers have away the KEY OF KNOWLEDGE ; 
 
 Them that were entering in ye hindered. 
 These things unto him the scribes began 
 
 To urge him, to provoke him, to speak of many things, 
 Laying wait for him, seeking 
 
 To catch something out of His 
 
 That they might accuse him. 
 The meantime gathered innumerable multitude 
 
 People, in so much trod one another. 
 Began, Beware, Leaven is hypocrisy ; 
 
 Nothing revealed, not be known. 
 Therefore ye have spoken in darkness, 
 
 In the light, that which ye have spoken 
 The closets shall be proclaimed the housetops. 
 I say, you My Friends, be not afraid ; 
 
 And after no more that they can do. 
 And He thought within, saying, 
 
 What shall I, because I have no room mv fruits ? 
 This Will I do, 
 
 I will pull down and build greater, 
 
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 There I bestow 
 
 All MY FRUITS, 
 
 GOODS. 
 I will say, much goods laid for years, 
 
 Take, eat, and be merry. 
 Thou fool, thy soul required of thee, 
 
 Shall those things be which thou hast ? 
 He that treasure for himself, is not towards God ; 
 Therefore I say unto you, take your life, 
 Ye eat, for the body, 
 
 Ye put on. 
 Life is more than raiment, 
 
 The ravens neither sow nor reap, storehouses, 
 God feedeth them ; more than FOWLS. 
 You, taking, can add, stature, cubit ; 
 
 Ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, 
 
 Take ye thought the rest. 
 Lilies, how they grow, 
 
 Toil not, spin, yet I say unto you, 
 
 Solomon, his glory arrayed, one of these. 
 Clothe the grass to-day in the field, 
 
 To-morrow, cast the oven ; will you, 
 
 O, ye little, seek ye what ye shall eat, 
 
 What ye drink, of doubtful mind, 
 
 These things do nations seek after, 
 Knoweth that ye have need of these things ; 
 Seek ye God, all these things, 
 
 Unto you ; FEAR NOT, good pleasure give the kingdom. 
 Sell, ye have, alms, yourselves bags, 
 
 Wax old, a TREASURE the Heavens, faileth not ; 
 
 Thief approacheth corruption. 
 Treasure is, there will your heart be also. 
 
 Your loins girded about, your light burning ; 
 He will return from the WEDDING 
 
 When He Cometh. 
 They may, unto him immediately. 
 
 Servants, when he cometh, find watching; 
 Gird himself, sit down to meat, 
 
 Will come forth and serve them. 
 If he shall come in the second watch, 
 
 Come in the third, find them those servants. 
 Know if the house had known what hour the Thief come, 
 
 He have watched, suffered to be broken through. 
 Be ye ready also, Son of man cometh, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 47 
 
 An hour, think not. 
 Thou this parable unto us, even to all, 
 
 Who then is that faithful and wise Steward 
 
 Whom shall ruler over His household, 
 
 Their portion of meat in due season. 
 That servant when he cometh, shall find doing ; 
 Truth unto you, he will make Him ruler 
 
 Over that he hath. 
 That in his HEART delayeth His coming, 
 
 Begin to beat the menservants, maidens, 
 
 Eat, drink, to be drunken ; 
 Come in a day when he looketh not, 
 
 At an hour when he is not aware, 
 Cut him sunder, 
 
 Appoint him his portion, the unbelievers. 
 Prepare not, neither according to his will stripes ; 
 He that knew not did commit things, 
 Stripes, beaten with few stripes ; 
 
 For unto much is given, him 
 Required ; committed much of him, ask the more. 
 I am come to send fire on earth ; 
 
 Will I, It be already kindled. 
 I Have a Baptism to, with, how am I ? 
 
 Suppose I am, Come to, on earth, 
 Mingled with Jesus, answering, 
 
 Suppose ye, sinners suffered such things, 
 
 Nay, except ye repent, perish. 
 These eighteen fell and slew, think ye, 
 
 Sinners above all men in Jerusalem ; 
 Except ye repent, all perish. 
 He spake this parable ; A certain man 
 
 Planted His vineyard, sought fruit, found none ; 
 Behold three years seeking fruit, find none ; 
 
 Cut it down, why cumbereth the GROUND ? 
 Let it alone this year, 
 
 I shall dig about and dung it ; 
 If it bear fruit, well ; if not, 
 
 After those shall cut it down. 
 He was teaching, one of the sin agogs ; 
 
 There was a spirit bowed together, in no wise 
 Up herself; Jesus saw her, he called her to him, 
 Said, Woman, thou art loosed from thine ; 
 
 He, his hands upon her, she was made straight, 
 
 And glorified God, the Ruler of the sin agog. 
 
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 Indignation, Jesus had healed on THE SABBATH. 
 People, there are six days men ought to work. 
 
 There, come be healed, on the SABBATH DAY ; 
 Hypocrites, each one of you loose his ox 
 
 Or his ass, the stall, lead him to, watering. 
 Ought this woman, daughter, eighteen years, 
 
 Loosed bond on the SABBATH DAY. 
 When he said these things, his adversaries 
 
 Were ashamed. 
 
 All the people, the glorious things, were by Him. 
 Unto what is God like? 
 
 Shall I resemble it, 
 
 A grain of mustard, a man took into His garden ; 
 It grew, waxed a great tree, 
 
 FOWLS lodged the branches of it. ' 
 Again liken Kingdom of God ; 
 
 Like leaven, a woman took and hid 
 Three meal, whole leavened. 
 
 Teaching, journeying Jerusalem. 
 One unto him, there few saved ? Said unto them, 
 Strive to enter at the gate ; 
 
 Many seek to enter in, not able. 
 Once the Master riseth up, hath shut the door ; 
 Begin to stand without, 
 
 Knock the door, Lord, open us ; shall answer, 
 I know you, ye are ; begin to say, 
 
 Eaten,* drink, in presence, streets. 
 I tell you I know whence, depart, 
 Ye workers, gnashing teeth. 
 
 See Jacob, the Kingdom of God, yourselves thrust out. 
 And come from the east, 
 West, north, 
 
 South sit down God. 
 Behold, there are last which shall be first, 
 
 Are first last the day. 
 
 Come certain Phar I sees get thee out. 
 
 He rod will kill thee, 
 
 Said unto that fox, behold out devils, 
 
 I do cures day to-morrow, 
 The third day, I perfected, 
 
 Walk day to-morrow, it cannot be, 
 Out of Jew rusalem. 
 
 Jew rusalem stonest them are sent. 
 How Qften I have children, 
 
PICTUKE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 Together doth gather, Her broad Her Wings, 
 
 Ye not, Behold left unto you, desolation. 
 Verily unto you, Ye see me, 
 
 The time come ye say blessed is he 
 
 That cometh in the name of the. 
 IT COME TO PASS 
 
 He went into one Chief Phar I see 
 
 To eat, the Sabbath day watched Him. 
 
 Behold there was dropsy, 
 Jesus spake, lawyers heal the SABBATH DAY, 
 
 Held Peace, took him, healed let Him go, 
 
 Saying you have An Ass, ox, a pit straightway 
 Pull him out on the SABBATH DAY, 
 
 Answer him these things. 
 He put forth a parable bidden, marked 
 Chief Rooms. 
 
 Thou art bidden of man, 
 
 Sit now down in the Highest Rooms, 
 Honorable man be bidden of him, 
 That bade ye come and say, 
 Give this man place. 
 
 Begin with shame, 
 
 Lowest room. 
 Bidden go sit down the lowest room. 
 
 He bade cometh FRIEND up hither. 
 
 Shalt thou have worship in The Presence, sit at meat 
 
 For exalteth himself, shall be abased. 
 
 Humbleth himself, EXALTED HIM. 
 That bade him, Thou makest a dinner a supper. 
 
 Friends, thy brethern kinsmen, rich neighbors, 
 Bid again, a recompense, be made thee. 
 Makest a feast, call the maimed, lame, the blind, 
 Be blessed for they cannot recompense thee, 
 Recompense resurrection the Just. 
 
 Sat at meat with him these THINGS, 
 Said unto him, blessed he, in the Kingdom of God. 
 A certain man, a great supper bade many, 
 
 At supper come, all things now ready, 
 They all one consent, make excuse, 
 
 First of ground, I pray thee me excused, 
 Another I have bought oxen, I prove them, me excused, 
 Another I married I CANNOT come, 
 
 So that servant shewed these things, 
 
 House angry, to HIS SERVANT. 
 
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 GABEIEL S TESTATENT. 
 
 Out quickly, lanes of the city, hither the poor, halt the blind ; 
 
 Servant thou hast commanded, there is room. 
 Out in the highway, hedges, compel THEM to come 
 In House Filled ; 
 
 These men, BIDDEN, taste My Supper. 
 Great multitudes, he turned, said them, 
 Come to me, hate not his Father, 
 
 Mother, children, 
 His own life, he be MY DISCIPLE. 
 
 Whosoever cometh after, BE DISCIPLE. 
 You, intending a tower, sitteth down first, 
 Counteth cost, sufficient finish it, 
 Lest foundation, not finish, behold, to mock Him, 
 
 THIS MAN began to build, not able to finish. 
 King going to make war against King, 
 
 Sitteth down FIRST, consulteth, be able 
 
 To meet him, cometh against him ; 
 The other a great way (off) sendeth conditions of peace. 
 Whosoever he be, forsaketh not, hath MY DISCIPLE. 
 Is good, if the salt has lost his Saviour, 
 Shall it be seasoned for the land ? 
 The dunghill cast out. 
 
 He that hear Him, Hear. 
 Then drew near sinners for to hear 
 
 Scribes murmured, man eateth with Them. 
 Parable unto, saying, He lose one of Them, 
 
 Leave the wilderness until he findeth it ; 
 
 Found, layeth on his shoulder, rejoicing. 
 Cometh Home, together HIS FRIENDS, 
 Partners, saying, rejoice with me, 
 
 I have found my lost, wilderness. 
 Unto you, likewise, joy shall heaven, over ONE, 
 
 More than just persons, no repentance. 
 What woman having silver, one piece, not light, 
 Sweep the house diligently, till find it. 
 When she found it, her Friends 
 Together, rejoice with me, I have found I had lost. 
 Likewise you, joy the presence 
 
 God over ONE sinner that repenteth. 
 I certain man, two sons. 
 
 Younger, Father give portion to me. 
 Divided His living ; many days after the younger 
 
 Gathered all together, his journey a far country, 
 Wasted substance, living 
 
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 Spent, Mighty famine in the land ; 
 
 Began to want. 
 
 Joined, himself of that country, He sent him His fields to feed. 
 Fain filled his belly, swine did eat, unto Him. 
 He came to himself; 
 
 Hired servants, Father, enough and to spare', 
 I perish ; arise, go to my Father, 
 
 Say, Father, I sinned against heaven, before, 
 And am worthy to, called thy Son servants. 
 
 Make me as One hired servant. 
 Arose, came to his Father. 
 
 He was a great way (off) his Father 
 
 Compassicn, ran fell neck kissed. 
 Son, him, Father, I have sinned heaven, 
 
 Thy Sight, am worthy to be called (SUN) now Son. 
 
 But the Father, 
 Bring forth Best put it on him put ring his hand, his feet ; 
 
 Bring hither, kill it let eat, Merry. 
 This son dead ALIVE AGAIN, 
 LOST found MERRY, 
 Elder Son field. 
 
 He came and drew nigh music dancing, 
 Called one, THESE THINGS meant. 
 
 He unto him thy Brother is come. 
 Father killed calf, 
 Because received sound. 
 Angry therefore Father. 
 
 Out and entered into him 
 Said to, LO, many years, I SERVE THEE, 
 
 Neither commandment, yet never a KID 
 
 That might make Merry friends, 
 Soon son come devoured living HARLOTS 
 Killed Him calf. 
 Son Art me. 
 I is thine. 
 
 Meet should make Merry be glad 
 Dead alive again. 
 Was lost found. 
 He His Disciples. 
 Some accused him, He had wasted His goods, 
 
 Called Him, how is it I hear This of Thee, 
 
 Give account Stewardship, steward. 
 Steward within Himself, what shall I do 
 Away from me the stewardship, 
 
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 I cannot dig to, to beg I am ashamed, 
 
 I am resolved to do that; 
 When I am put out of the Stewardship 
 Cannot I, I beg I am ashamed. 
 Receive me unto House. 
 
 Every one said unto first, How much 
 Measures of oil, and said, take thy bill, sit 
 
 Down quickly write, He said, take thy 
 
 Bill write measures of wheat, because 
 Wisely in this generation. CHILDREN of LIGHT 
 
 Make yourselves FRIENDS. 
 Mammon ye fail unright eousn ess, 
 
 Into everlasting habitations. 
 
 Faithful, faithful in much; unjust, unjust much. 
 Mammon ; 
 
 Who will commit to trust true RICHES. 
 If ye have that which is another man's, 
 
 Give you which is your own. 
 Serve TWO Masters, he will hate, love the other; 
 Hold the ONE. Ye dispise God, mammon, 
 Covetous derided Him. 
 
 Ye justify yourselves before men ; 
 God knoweth your hearts. 
 
 Highty esteemed ; admonition in the SIGHT of GOD. 
 Prophets were until JOHN; 
 
 Since THAT God is preached. 
 
 Man into it. 
 
 It is easier for heaven, EARTH pass, the law to fail. 
 Committeth adultery, whosoever marrieth HER 
 That is put away from her husband 
 
 Committeth adultery. 
 There was rich man, 
 
 Clothed in purple, fine linen, fared sumptuously 
 Every day was a certain beggar, Lazarus, 
 Laid gate, full of sores, 
 
 Desiring crumbs, fell rich man, dogs 
 
 Licked sores. 
 To pass, beggar died, carried the angels bosom. 
 
 Rich man was was buried in hell torments; 
 
 Afar off Lazarus, his bosom, cried, mercy; 
 
 Lazarus, tip finger, water cool flame. 
 < Lazarus tormented him. 
 
 SON remember lifetime good things, evil things, 
 Comforted tormented, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 Besides all this, between US 
 Is a great gulf fixed, they pass, they cannot; 
 
 Neither can they pass to US that would come. 
 
 I pray Thee Father I testify unto them. 
 
 Also, place of torment. 
 Saith, Moses and prophets let them, hear them. 
 
 ONE went unto them dead repent Moses, 
 Will they be persuaded, ON E rose from the Dead. 
 It is impossible, but oifences will come. 
 
 UNTO HIM through whom they come. 
 Better a millstone, hanged his neck, 
 
 And cast into the Sea see, 
 
 Than ONE of these Little ONES. 
 Take heed, to yourselves, thy trespass against thee. 
 Rebuke him, if he repent forgive him. 
 
 If he trespass against, seven times in a day, 
 
 Repent forgive Him. 
 Increase, if ye had faith, as a grain seed, 
 
 Mustard, might say, be plucked by the root, 
 
 Thou planted in the sea see it obey you. 
 You plowing, feeding cattle, say Him by by and by. 
 When he is come, the field, sit down to meat ; 
 Rather make ready, wherewith I sup, and gird thyself. 
 I have eaten, drunken, afterwards eat and drink ; 
 Think THAT servant did things commanded Him ? 
 Likewise, done things commanded you ; 
 Unprofitable servants, that was DUTY to do. 
 To pass Jew-rusalem, he passed through the midst (Sa) Maria, 
 A certain village, met him 
 Men lepers stood off, Jesus mercy on us. 
 Go yourselves, the priests ; 
 
 To pass, they went, cleansed. 
 When he saw he was healed, back 
 AVith loud God ; 
 
 Fell down his face, his feet, thanks (Sa) Mari (tan). 
 Jesus, cleansed, are the nine, 
 
 Found returned to give glory to God, this STRANGER. 
 He said, arise, THY WAY, made whole. 
 
 God should come, HE, answered God, 
 
 Cometh not by observation, 
 
 Neither, Lo here lo there lo behold, or God is with In You. 
 He disciples, the days will come, 
 
 Ye shall desire to see ONE of man ; 
 Ye shall see not it. 
 
They shall say to you, see here see there see not after them. 
 Lightning Lighteneth one Heaven, 
 
 Shineth the other part heaven. 
 
 Son man in day. 
 First suffer things, rejected, generation. 
 Noe, son of man, did eat, drink, wives married, 
 Until Noe entered into, the flood came, 
 
 Destroyed them all. 
 Lot, they did eat, drink, sold, builded ; 
 It rained fire, brimstone, Heaven, 
 Destroyed them all. 
 Shall it be, when the Son is revealed. 
 
 Housetops, stuff the house, let Him down 
 
 To take it away, 
 Fill-d, let likewise, not return back. 
 
 Lot's seek to save life, shall lose it ; 
 Lose life, preserve it. 
 You night, be two men in one* bed, 
 One taken, the other left ; 
 
 Women shall grind together,one taken, left. 
 Two men the field, one taken, left. 
 
 They said, where, Lord. He said, 
 
 Unto wheresoever body, will gather together. 
 And parable, unto this end, pray not to faint. 
 
 In a city, judge, God, neither regarded man. 
 
 A Widow, city, came unto Him, saying, avenge; 
 He would not awhile, afterwards, 
 
 Himself, God, nor regarded man ; 
 
 This troubleth, I will avenge continually, she weary me. 
 Hear unjust judge ; shall not God avenge. 
 Cry day, night, unto him, he bear long, them, 
 
 I tell you speedily ; Son find faith earth. 
 
 He parable : certain, trusted themselves ; 
 
 Righteous, despised others. 
 
 Two men into the temple, pray one, and the other 
 Stood, thus Himself, God I thank thee I am not, men, 
 Extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even this (re)public(an), 
 I fast ; of all that I possess. Afar off, 
 Lift, so eyes, Heaven, smote his breast, God merciful 
 
 ME A SINNER 
 
 Tell this man, down house, justified. 
 
 Himself be abased, humbleth himself, exalted. 
 
 Brought unto infants, He would, His disciples saw it. 
 Suffer children to me, forbid not, such is God. 
 
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 You shall receive God as a LITTLE CHILD, 
 
 No wise enter therein. 
 Ruler, good Master, I do inherit life ? 
 
 Callest thou me good good God one that is. 
 Knowest commandments commit adultery, kill, 
 Steal, false witness, honor thy Mother. 
 
 These things kept youth up. 
 (Jesus), things unto Him, lackest one thing. 
 Sell all, distribute the poor, 
 
 Shalt treasure heaven, follow me. 
 This he very sorrowful, very rich ; 
 
 Jesus, He was, sorrowful he said, 
 
 How hardly, the Kingdom of God, 
 For easier, camel needle's eye, 
 
 Rich man enter God. Lo, 
 We left all, followed Thee ; 
 
 Unto you, there is man left house, parents, wife, 
 
 The kingdom of God's sake, 
 Not receive more in this present time, 
 
 World to come everlasting. 
 Then took twelve, Behold, go to Jew-rusalem. 
 
 Written prophets, the Son of man, accomplished. 
 He delivered, Gentiles be mocked, spitefully entreated, 
 
 Spitted on scourge him. 
 Put him to death, the third day, he shall rise again, 
 
 Understood none, things Saying, hid from them. 
 Neither knew things spoken. 
 
 To pass, come nigh unto certain, 
 BLIND MAN the wayside begging. 
 Hearing it asked; he MEANT 
 
 Jesus of Nazareth passeth. 
 Cried Jesus, David, mercy on me. 
 
 They rebuked him, he cried so much the more, 
 
 Son of David have mercy me. 
 
 Jesus stood, commanded, brought unto him, he was come. 
 He asked him wilt thou. 
 
 And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. 
 Jesus unto him, receive thy sight, faith saved thee. 
 
 Immediately he received his sight. 
 Followed him, all the people, they saw, unto God, 
 Jesus passed a man, which was the Chief 
 
 Among (re)public(ans) little of stature, so rich 
 
 Could not for press he was so LITTLE. 
 He climbed up to see, to pass that WAY. 
 
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 Jesus came to the place up looked, 
 
 Said him unto MAKE HASTE, come down, 
 
 He made HASTE, receive him joyfully. 
 Saw it they all saying murmured, 
 
 Gone to guest with sinner, man that sinner. 
 He stood, said, behold goods, my half I give. 
 If I have taken any man by false, 
 
 I restore him accusation, him said 
 For as much he also son of man come to seek, save lost. 
 These added Jew rusalem, because Kingdom, God appeared. 
 Certain nobleman far country receive, Himself return. 
 Servants deliver POUNDS till I come. 
 
 Said unto them, occupy till I come. 
 Sent message him, have THIS man reign over, 
 Pass returned, having kingdom. 
 
 Commanded, servants called unto him. 
 To whom He had given, know much, every man gained by 
 
 trading. 
 
 Pound hath gained pounds unto him. 
 Good servant, faithful in a very little, 
 
 Authority over, second came saying pound hath gained pounds 
 Also Him over another, saying behold here 
 
 Is thy POUND in a napkin in an AUSTERE MAN. 
 Layedst not down, reapest not sow, out of thine own mouth. 
 Wicked servant thon knewest I was austere ; 
 
 I not down, reaping that I did not sow. 
 Therefore into the bank, I coming required with usury. 
 He spake unto took by, take him the pound. 
 Give to him that hath lost the pound. 
 
 They said Lord, he hath no needeth. 
 Everyone that hath given, him that hath not, 
 
 Even that he hath shall away from him. 
 Mine enemies would not I should over them; 
 
 Bring hither, slay them before me. 
 He went before ascending up Jew rusalem 
 
 Came, when he was come nigh, to pass, Beth page. 
 
 Olives, two desciples, colt tied, 
 Him hither, loose him, because need of him; 
 They sent, went their way, found, said them as loosing, 
 Colt owners thereof said, loose why, ye the colt. 
 They said, him of need Him brought Jesus. 
 
 Garments cast colt, Jesus brought him ; 
 They Jesus thereon sat ; 
 
 He they spread clothes, he went the Way. 
 
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 He came nigh, Olive's descent, even mount, multitude 
 Began rejoice, disciples praise, 
 
 Voice loud for God, for all the MIGHTY 
 They had seen ; Blessed King, saying, cometh 
 
 In the name of heaven. 
 Highest glory, peace, some multitude. 
 
 Pharisees from among 
 Rebuke. I tell you these, hold their peace, 
 
 Stones immediately cry. 
 He came, he beheld, over it wept it ; 
 
 Thou hadst known, in this day peace now hid from thine eyes. 
 Come up on thee, enemies, cast a trench, the compass round 
 Every side, keep thee on in even ground, 
 Leavest thee one stone upon another. 
 Thou knowest Thy Visitation. 
 He went, the into the temple, cast out, 
 
 Began, to, sold therein, them that bought. 
 My house is the saying, unto prayer, ye have made a den 
 Thieves, taught daily in the temple, the chief priest, 
 
 Scribes, destroy, people, sought daily by Him. 
 Might do, could not, what find not, they might do ; 
 
 Very attentive to hear him. 
 And it came to those days, a pass, 
 
 On one of those days, He taught the temple ; 
 People preached the gospel, scribes, priest came, elders, 
 Tell us, spake, saying things, doth authority ; 
 Who is He, Authority give thee this. 
 Ask me, I will ask you, answered one thing, 
 The Baptism of John, 
 
 Heaven, out of men ; reasoned themselves, saying, 
 From Heaven, believe ye Him not, He will say why? 
 Of men, stone us persuaded, for John was a prophet; 
 Whence was it tell not, could they answered. 
 Jesus said to them, I tell you neither by what authority, 
 To speak the people this parable began: 
 
 Vineyard man, certain planted, husbandmen; 
 
 Far country let forth, long time, 
 Season, servant Husbandman sent, give him fruit ; 
 
 Another beat him, shamefully treated him, empty; 
 
 And wounded out cast, him out him also. 
 Shall I do, what My Beloved Son reverenced Him, see, 
 This is the heir, saying, themselves reasoned, 
 
 Let us kill, inheritance, ours be ; 
 Kill him, therefore unto them of vineyard. 
 
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 He shall come, destroy, the vineyard, when, heard it ; 
 
 God said, forbid it. 
 Beheld, them this, them that is written ; 
 
 Stone the builders rejected; same head corner ; 
 Fall, upon that stone, be broken, 
 It shall fall, will grind to powder, chief priests 
 Sought hands to lay on him, people feared. 
 
 Perceived, against spoken parable, against them, 
 Sent forth spies, feign themselves, just men, 
 Hold, Words His Might delivered. 
 The power of Authority, Governor. 
 
 They answer rightly, teachest, know neither 
 Acceptest the person of any, 
 
 Teachest the Way of God truly. 
 Call son no tribute, it lawful craftiness 
 
 Perceive ye why tempt ye me, with a penny 
 Superscription, Csesar's ghost, 
 
 Unto Caesar render therefore. 
 Be Caesar's, unto God the things which be Gods. 
 Could not take His Words, before the people. 
 
 They marveled, peace held, their answer. 
 To him certain of the Sad u sees, deny resurrection, him, 
 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us ; 
 Having a wife, if another man die, children without, 
 
 Raise his brother, raise seed of his brother; 
 Therefore seven brethren took one brother's wife, 
 Died without children; 
 
 First took, second took, third took 
 Her; woman died also. 
 
 Therefore wife seven brothers, whose wife ; 
 
 Seven times seven, had no resurrection, 
 But they shall be accounted in the resurrection, 
 
 Who, who, neither 
 Marry Dead, children of God be resurrected. 
 
 That the dead are raised, Moses shewed the bush. 
 Calleth God Abe, Isaac, Jacob ; God is not of the dead. 
 
 The dead some to Time Him. 
 Master, thou hast well said ; Durst question all, 
 How Christ is David's son. 
 
 David himself sit the right 
 
 Till I make thine footstool of enemies 
 Desire to walk in love, greetings, markets, rooms, feasts ; 
 Show make long prayers ; 
 
 Receive greater damnation. 
 
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 Up looked, rich men casting gifts, the treasury. 
 
 Certain widow thither, casting poor two mites. 
 True poor woman cast all thyself more than mites to me ; 
 For all this abundance can cast, 
 
 She pennury cast living. 
 Spake, goodly stones, gifts, said, 
 
 Days will come, shall not be left, another stone to down, 
 And they asked him, Master, when shall these things be ; 
 
 Signs will there be, shall pass, things to come? 
 Take heed, be not not deceived, I my name I Am, 
 Christ, the time draweth near, 
 
 Not ye therefore after them. 
 But ye shall hear of commotions, things must pass, 
 Come first the end is by by, 
 
 Nation, Kingdom rise, against nation, 
 Great earth quakes, diverse places famines, 
 Pestilence, fearful sights, 
 
 Great SIGNS from heaven, 
 These, they lay their hands upon you, 
 
 Persecute, delivering the sinagog ruler, my sake. 
 Turn you a testimony, settle it, your hearts meditate. 
 Ye answer, I will you, a mouth of Wisdom. 
 Adversaries resist, gainsay, betrayed by Parents and friends. 
 Some you shall cause death, 
 
 Ye shall be hated my sake. 
 Hair of your head, perish, possess patience. 
 
 Compassed armies, desolation is nigh, 
 Let the mountains, depart out, let the country enter, 
 Days of vengeance; written may be fulfilled, 
 
 Woe that child, to them that suck. 
 Days great, shall distress, land upon this people. 
 
 Fall sword, captive, Jew-rusalem trodden down, until 
 The time of the gentiles fulfilled, 
 
 Signs the sun moon star. 
 Nations distress earth, sea perplexity roaring. 
 Heart failing, looking after things, 
 
 Coming on the earth, Powers shake heaven, 
 See coming, in a cloud, great glory, 
 
 Power, great Son of man. 
 Things begin, to pass, to come. 
 
 Look up your head lift up, your redemption nigh. 
 Behold, spake parable, tree, fig trees ; 
 
 Now ye see, shoot forth, summer is now at hand. 
 Now ye have, ye see things past to come, 
 
60 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Come, to pass, know ye the Kingdom of God. 
 This generation shall pass away, all be fulfilled. 
 
 Heaven, earth away, MY WORDS not pass away. 
 Lest heed yourselves, at any time overcharge your hearts, 
 Surfeiting, drunkenness, care life, upon unawares ; 
 Snare all them, dwell the face of the earth. 
 
 Ye may therefore watch, worthy is escape, 
 
 All things shall stand the Son of man 
 Day time teaching the temple, night went out 
 In the Olives mount ; people came early 
 
 Morning temple hear him. 
 
 Now the FEAST draw nigh, which passover called. 
 Priests sought, feared the kill him, people; 
 Satan, sir named I scare out, numbered Judas one, 
 He went his way, communed priests, 
 
 Might he betray, captains unto them. 
 
 They glad to give him, money promised, sought opportunity 
 Him betray, in the absence of multitude. 
 
 John saying, go prepare passover, we eat, us, 
 Where wilt prepare, said him, them unto him ; 
 
 Then behold, entered the city, shall a man meet you, 
 
 Follow, pitcher water, enter in bearing ; 
 The guest chamber, shall eat the passover, disciples. 
 Show you a large, furnished, upper room ready ; 
 
 Found, went they unto passover ; I suffer. 
 I say I will thereof eat until be it fulfilled of God. 
 Cup thanks, take this divide it among, give yourselves some. 
 I will drink of the fruit of this vine, God shall come. 
 Break it took bread gave, saying body remembrance of me, 
 Likewise cup saying supper, New testament cup. 
 
 Blood is shed testament for you. 
 % Behold hands betrayeth him on the table. 
 
 Truly Son of man, determined goeth unto betrayed. 
 
 Inquire began themselves, among it was, should do this 
 
 Greatest among strife, accounted greatest. 
 Gentiles exercise authority benefactors Gentiles not, 
 
 Shall greatest among you, let him be as the younger; 
 
 Chief as he serve, that doth. 
 Greater he sitteth at meat 
 
 Among you that serveth. 
 They which have continued in My temptations, 
 
 I appoint you, a kingdom, hath appointed you. 
 Eat, drink, at My table, My Kingdom, judging Israel. 
 
 Satan hath desired to have you, he may sift as wheat. 
 
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 Strengthen thy brethren, converted. 
 
 Lord, I am ready to go into prison, death. 
 The cock crows this day, before thou deny, takedst, 
 
 He said I sent ye without shoes, lack ye anything ; 
 
 And said, nothing, unto them. 
 
 Likewise take it all script, it has no sword, sell his garment. 
 And he come out, and he went to the Olives mount, 
 
 And when he was at the place, enter into temptation, 
 
 Withdraw from about a stones cast; 
 Kneel down and if thou be willing, remove this cup 
 
 From me, nevertheless, nothing will but thine be done, 
 Appeared unto him, heaven angels, strengthening him 
 And being earnestly, prayed in an agony, 
 
 His sweat as falling as blood falling. 
 He up prayer, came to his disciples, 
 
 Sleeping Sorrow. 
 
 And he said why rise ye; sleep, let us unto temptation. 
 Multitude spake, behold, 
 
 Before them, Jesus draw near KISS him. 
 Jesus, Son of man with a kiss; betrayest, 
 
 Follow they, which about there, saw him ; 
 And one smote right ear, priest one servant cut, 
 Jesus far answered, suffer ye, 
 
 Touch ear heal him. 
 Jesus chief temple, captains, thief again, come out 
 
 Staves ; I was daily in the temple, stretched hands 
 Against, this your hour, power of darkness. 
 Then brought high priest, Peter far off; 
 
 Fire, kindle midst hall, sat Peter down. 
 Certain maid him beheld, sat the fire earnestly looked, 
 Man, also this with him, 
 
 Denied him woman, said I know him not. 
 Little after, while saw him another 
 
 Them also man, Peter man I am not. 
 Space one hour, confidentially affirmed, 
 
 Fellow, also saying, he is a Galileian. 
 Peter, man I know not what thou sayest ; 
 
 Immediately spake he, yet while he crew (the cock) 
 Lord, Peter, look, Peter remembered Word(before cock crew) 
 
 And Peter went out bitterly. 
 Men mocked him, Jesus smote him, before thrice; 
 And struck blindfolded face, asked him say prophecy; 
 And many other thing spake blasphemously. 
 
 It soon day, was elders, priests, people together. 
 
62 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Led council, saying unto him together, 
 
 Art Christ tell us, he said them if you will believe; 
 
 If also ye ask, answer me will you nor let me go. 
 Hereafter shall God sit on the Son of man, 
 
 The Power they said art all the Son of God. 
 
 And he said to Him, I am an as let me go, 
 And they said need we any further witness. 
 Whole multitude arose, led Pilate, 
 
 Began, accuse him saying, fellow the nation, 
 Perverting, give tribute to Caesar's ghost. 
 
 Pilate asked him, art the King the King, 
 
 Thou sayest, answered ; 
 
 Chief priest people, I find no fault in this man. 
 He teaching stireth up the people, 
 
 Throughout Pilate heard of Galilee, 
 Soon he knew of He rods jurisdiction, Himself, 
 He rod saw Jesus exceeding glad, desirous long season, 
 He questioned with him, many words nothing, 
 
 Chief priest, vehemently accused, stood him. 
 War set him at naught, mocked him arrayed in a robe, 
 Pilate sent again him He rod to Pilate, 
 Pilate, chief priest, rulers people. 
 Brought this man me, unto perverteth the people ; 
 Found, examined him, touching fault, whereof ye accuse him 
 Herod nothing worthy death, done unto him, 
 
 Chastise him, release him therefore. 
 Necessity, the least one of the feast cried, Barrabas, 
 
 Certain murder, sidition city cast prison, 
 Pilate, Jesus spake, willingly again therefore to them, 
 
 They cried, him crucify, cried crucify him. 
 Evil, why what hath he done they, 
 
 I find no fault in him, I will let him go chastised. 
 They instantly required crucified, priest prevailed. 
 
 Pilate gave sentence required. 
 Released murder, for sedition into prison, desired. 
 
 Their will laid hold on Simeon, coming cross Jesus. 
 Follower him people, women lamented, bewailed. 
 Daughters, weep not for me, yourselves for your children, 
 Behold days coming, barren bare, never wombs, paps gave 
 
 suck. 
 
 Begin to say MOUNTAINS FALL, cover us. 
 Those things in a green tree shall be dry. 
 Two other led, with death, male factors two others. 
 When they were come Cal vary crucified him. 
 
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 Male factors on right hand and left ; 
 
 Where was Jesus, in the middle. 
 Jesus forgive, they knew, what they do, 
 
 And lots raiment parted, cast lots ; 
 People holding stood rulers derided, let him save, 
 
 Himself Christ chose, God; that is God made Christ. 
 
 Soldiers coming vinegar. 
 If Jews save thyself, vinegar soldiers. 
 Superscription, Latin Hebrew, Jews King the this. 
 
 One male factor hanged, saying, Christ save us. 
 Indeed justly receive due reward. 
 
 Deeds hath done nothing amiss. 
 Jesus remember me, when I comest into kingdom, 
 
 Jesus verily, I say, tho with me in paradise. 
 Sixth hour darkness, earth ninth hour. 
 
 Sun darkened, vail of the temple in the midst. 
 Jesus cried voice loud, said, hands I commend my Spirit. 
 Having the ghost up, gave thus said he, 
 
 Now centurion (yourself) what was done, 
 Certainly this righteous man God glorified, 
 Together in that Sight, beholding thing done, smote breast. 
 Acquaintance followed woman, Galilee stood afar off. 
 Behold was John Joseph a councellor. 
 He was a good man, just, 
 
 He waited himself for the Kingdom, 
 This man went, body of Jesus unto Pilate, 
 
 Down it took he, laid it that was, hewn stone, 
 
 Linen clothes preparatory, sabbath drew on 
 Woman came him from Galilee, followed after, 
 Was laid, how this body was laid, 
 
 Prepare spice, restored Sabbath commandment. 
 
 Now day first of, upon week early, 
 Morning bringing sepulchre, prepared spice certain, 
 Sepulchre found, entered in, Jesus, 
 
 To pass it came perplexed thereabout, 
 
 Behold two, stood, garments shining, 
 
 Afraid their faces down bowed, earth seek dead among living 
 Spake risen, remember how Galilee was 
 
 Delivered, must sinful hands crucified, 
 
 Again rise day, third, Words remember 
 Returned sepulchre, told these things to all, 
 
 Magdalene Mary, Mary the mother, and 
 
 Other apostles there, 
 Idle tales, Words seemed they believed not, 
 
GABRIEL S TESTATENT. 
 
 Peter ran, arose sepulchre, stooping down, 
 Linen clothes laid, themselves, departed wondering. 
 Behold them that same day from about three score furlongs, 
 
 Together talked all these things, happened, 
 That pass, came communed Jesus, reasoned near. 
 
 Eyes holden should know not him, 
 Communications are these, manner another, walked sad. 
 
 Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, 
 Come pass these days Jesus, Nazareth, Prophet Mighty. 
 
 Indeed before God and all the people. 
 Priests delivered rulers death crucified, condemned him. 
 Trusted deemed Israel; should beside third day, done since 
 Certain woman company early, astonished sepulchre, 
 Found body, saying, seen visions, angels alive 
 
 Which certain were, sepulchre found it. 
 Even so, women had him, saw not 
 O fools slow of heart, hearts slow spoken, 
 
 Prophets ought Christ, two things suffer. 
 
 Glory beginning at Moses expounded scripture. 
 Concerning Himself, 
 
 Village, draw whither nigh, went 
 Though he would have gone further; 
 Him constrained abide with us. 
 
 Evening, towards far spent want to tarry, 
 
 He took brake gave it to them, 
 Their eyes were open, they knew him, 
 Vanished their sight out, 
 
 Our heart burn within us, by the way the scripture, 
 Rose they hour some together, with them, 
 
 Risen Lord appeared, indeed. 
 Told things done the way, breaking bread, 
 
 Stood the midst of them, be peace unto. 
 Terrified, affrighted, supposed had a spirit. 
 Troubled, arise your thoughts, and hearts, bones flesh have. 
 
 Shewed his feet, hands, spoken 
 Joy wondered, unto them, have meat ye, 
 Give piece boiled fish, they gave him honey comb, 
 
 Took it did before then eat. 
 These Words I spake, you things fulfilled, were written 
 
 Concerning me. 
 Thus written, Christ to suffer, to dead, to raise 
 
 Three Days. 
 
 Repentance preached, his name, nation's beginning. 
 Jew rusalem. 
 
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 Witness ye, things these. 
 I send the promise of Father, upon you 
 
 Tarry ye the Jew rusalem, endowed with power. 
 
 Led them out, lifted up hands; 
 And, blessed, it came to pass. 
 
 Parted, blessed them, carried to heaven. 
 They worshiped Him, returned to great joy; 
 Continually, temple, praising God. 
 
 He blessed, a man. 
 Still, uncompromised mystery, 
 
 Room for thought. 
 Guided noble intentions, drawn by 
 
 Knowledge of man's power. 
 Leads humbleness, overlooks success, 
 
 Live with God above. 
 Make room, Great Spirit to balance body. 
 On narrow rails, on road of life. 
 
 Mind, swing over brow of care; 
 Compact feeble body, compact strength; 
 
 Leaving open space, travel safely over open field. 
 Literature deeds receiving, who, men advance 
 
 Understanding, of God's family. 
 Who live, for an unfeeling bank account, 
 
 Each see we through to the heart. 
 Entice attention, be waiting love 
 
 Ready to drip at pressure of hands, 
 
 It is Myself, to act this quickly, folded arms ; 
 Myself prize My love a treasure above world, 
 Power depreciate, allow, approach Me. 
 . My attraction close desire, 
 
 Boldness rejected as bruises, 
 
 Face of dignity, still, not pleased, 
 
 Love free another. 
 Time comes, I need not stand mark, 
 Base minds, direct thoughts, 
 
 Forever blessed, God filled willingly, 
 
 Stand the gaze of men, 
 Holding to resting place on the road of life. 
 
 Minds may open, into unknown space. 
 View fields of future, 
 
 Practical present divide, 
 
 From the period of antiquity, 
 Live, love rounded form, I alone give 
 
 Attractions useless, equal weight Spirits of God, 
 
66 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 I remain mark the rude opinions of men. 
 I stand that expression in becoming solitude, 
 It is best, accept this modesty; into a becoming uniform 
 It is best, we endure once more, 
 
 Nerves of noble men are strung, 
 
 Coward's heart heavy, his mind dumb. 
 This compliment of war view plainly; 
 A canvas for picture of dead. 
 Welcome modest peace 
 
 Sounds war, spirit of men, into humility. 
 Battle many consuming sparks of rage, 
 
 Trouble the mind, invite love, quiet happiness, 
 
 Bravery a way, firmness led the way, 
 Praise future course, in the course of time. 
 
 Trouble each individual endure, in heavens 
 
 Space, the moon marks still the steps of time 
 Bleak, hardship pursues the red man, 
 
 Their Great Spirit the first to incite 
 
 So defends, their belief, 
 
 Their right is their right, wrong who makes complaint, 
 Move a step 
 
 From edge of pride, from off low superiority. 
 Heeding law, defense, Indian feel the opposition, 
 
 In course, true belief in truth, 
 Mind that defiant color which speaks 
 
 Without raving fear, fear not those, many in attitude wrong, 
 Wake, the sleeping brained white man 
 
 Believe life is now an idle dream, 
 
 Grind gizard hearts to life. 
 
 Make blood wilting flesh, condemn God, for waste of war 
 He holds Wire, pure mortality, 
 
 Do revolving clouds advance family of Creator? 
 Do breath dew of heaven, body the soil of sin? 
 
 Breeding humanity, look down the steps, 
 Measuring times space 
 
 Of decency, see small profits. 
 
 Patience is service recommended from above praise 
 Him, who is nothing 
 
 To oppose His Power. 
 You stand blinded theory holding opposition weak, 
 
 Oposing who HIM is free, 
 Care is an extensive field, the glittering heavens, 
 Speak plain, 
 
 Blind humanity do not comprehend, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 67 
 
 God shaped thoughts to suit hopes, 
 Gave firmness desire, a course towards please, above God above. 
 
 Guage penalties justice to all. 
 
 Proceed intimate with life, intimate with none, proceed, 
 Minds do not mature, to brains praise, to idle woman's love, 
 
 Each youth must day take, the weakness of desire, 
 
 Brim fill the shame of unprofitable investigation, 
 Activity, a scrub be in reflection, meditation into activity, 
 
 Failure investigate, life is rich, 
 
 One, is experience, penalty of wrong, 
 Does profit individual, himself, checks cash happy future, 
 
 Mud may hope, dust return, may fly, 
 
 Good, continue. 
 My thoughts please will thoughts, Mine, please, 
 
 Be recognized vineyard, Hand, God, pruning, 
 Leave growth tangled, which clusters, 
 Harvests of bitter consolation, 
 Leave assumed men's methods, His absence, 
 
 Leading purpose, strength, confirmed, confusion, 
 Fellow, His Spirit above, His methods teach patience, 
 
 Keep knowledge from wrong, 
 
 Wander over the road rough, of failure, 
 Times many, mind stamp caution, with care, 
 
 For successful future, care, success, necessary, 
 Should man live, not long, good his days to accomplish; 
 
 That receive, think men comprehend, by life, 
 
 Requires man mind, the beginning of light heaven. 
 The fading hue, life departing, shows future envelopes earth, 
 
 Wings with light remain in the fall, 
 Planets show view, purpose the unseen future, 
 Minds bring action, man each individual, duty execute, 
 Death time, speaks freely acts, their bones left remembrance, 
 
 Preparation, quick meet messenger, He meets, 
 Future, was mind made to know, without doubt, 
 Accept fear humanity accept, humanity has no claim to 
 Future purpose concealed may be in preparations, a conflict, 
 Range of pleasure educate, solitude derived unlimited 
 
 Cannot have, all know, thought wisdom, teach such, 
 
 Advantage, take weakness, patience spirits 
 Is sufficient frail body, knows God above, required action, 
 
 Uselessness, see restraint by weakness, by despair. 
 Study, satisfy ways of fate, unknown preparing for destiny; 
 
 Looking profitable, for thing lost. 
 
 Spark last, life departing, are we, God above glad ; 
 
08 
 
 Who, God above Himself, stars equal. 
 Keeps He mystery, easy is it ; 
 
 Trench walk, keep sacred, time in all time. 
 
 Dig easy, new course, modern, catch remarks. 
 Open mankind, future mind, humanity future advance. 
 
 Creation understanding, leave unproductive waiting 
 Lead groweth deeper, existence of mysteries, course is winding. 
 Bridge the river, we over view. 
 
 Out knowledge, the ignorant, animal man. 
 Construe evil, may they rest over the jaws, made made Himself. 
 Vail dispair, him depart, eternity shades appear. 
 
 Final appearing before, get, move success, failure. 
 Strength easy quite, firm spirit patience, confidence. 
 
 Spirit well love contentment. 
 Benefits, doubtful ease mind, sensible to advantage. 
 Smothering type courage, evil darkness. 
 
 Conscience, holding light goodness, gloomy in the air. 
 Distill bad good, true, pure, bad to good. 
 
 I power should ask, my mind to be, it be action. 
 Beheld, should the circumference, without .ceremony, 
 Should, that it impress thoughts, with hells of clouds. 
 
 Free be I, that the breeze that blows, shows eternity, 
 Come in truth ; Go God's Power. 
 
 Make Jesus, pretentious, precosity. 
 Sir, no, twelve in age Father to, recognize business. 
 He, stature increased, God wisdom favor, acknowledging man. 
 He times at not perfect, will self-government in action. 
 Said, most feared, feared not to face the globe. 
 
 Hell, death educated man, fields walk of despair. 
 View expectation calmly, demolish ruins clouds. 
 Thirty, age, know the Son of God. 
 
 Accept fortified situation, pretentious, without. 
 Popularity, brace up, command bars of contention, stood firm. 
 
 His time, Power of God, attraction His. 
 Body ordinary digestion, suitable actions, conditions human. 
 
 Given Spirit present day, lives Himself, from He. 
 Spirit praised, thoughts from love divided, God prompted. 
 
 Insignificance display him, seeking his Creator. 
 Model stands Power God gave him, He was with 
 Affections pleased, sincere quality. 
 
 Existence, open the midst of might. 
 Heaven, brightness honor man, lived not for wealth. 
 Life term short, in representing, Himself, to public demoralized. 
 Gave His wish, best, benefit, of man. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 69 
 
 Move a step 
 
 From edge of pride, from off low superiority. 
 Heeding law, defense, Indian feel the opposition, 
 
 In course, true belief in truth, 
 Mind that defiant color which speaks 
 
 Without raving fear, fear not those, many in attitude wrong, 
 Wake, the sleeping brained white man 
 
 Believe life is now an idle dream, 
 
 Grind gizard hearts to life. 
 
 Make blood wilting flesh, condemn God, for waste of war 
 He holds Wire, pure mortality, 
 
 Do revolving clouds advance family of Creator? 
 Do breath dew of heaven, body the soil of sin? 
 
 Breeding humanity, look down the steps, 
 Measuring times space 
 
 Of decency, see small profits. 
 
 Patience is service recommended from above praise 
 Him, who is nothing 
 
 To oppose His Power. 
 You stand blinded theory holding opposition weak, 
 
 Oposing who HIM is free, 
 Care is an extensive field, the glittering heavens, 
 Speak plain, 
 
 Blind humanity do not comprehend, 
 Three days the temple raised to life, 
 
 Verily marvel, not known, the witness is strife, 
 
 Of the water, Spirit born is the Spirit, 
 Patience by humbleness, by faith wife without 
 Man speaks born again who was to life, 
 Enter, saying; have we seen, enter Kingdom God. 
 All step see, modesty light trod, 
 
 Only Christ be given by that law, 
 
 Language success style cause, 
 Fault great suspicious of Power, 
 
 Magdalene Mary virgin, purity Flower, 
 
 Spirit Jesus, given John Joseph, named, 
 
 Mary Elizabeth, Joseph's Mary living, 
 Mist back time common Christianity, 
 Sacred view that line. 
 
 Him, knew few, literiiture, vroll story told, 
 Truth, Christianity, seo differences, chameter unfold, 
 See truth, Christianity in differences. 
 
 Good, to wise good, to others a -;;i-cie of insanity 
 Rear common kind, follow progressive time; 
 
70 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Lead imagination from the story, Christ gave them; 
 For their own hypocrites pray, for a good heaven; 
 Beginning wicked, some wisdom living sympathy, 
 Care not, love of God not care, by them shown, 
 Mind a piece of their prayers not known, 
 
 God love in heaven, happy they need care, 
 Due man, gives proportion proper, work his share; 
 Trouble their lives God, no make division, 
 Pleasure, future death, is the disposition God containing, 
 
 Character, wait condition, mental hypocrites, 
 Speak, Christ Spirit without alarm, power purpose armed. 
 Love of God, meagerly whelps, your time age do compare, 
 
 Love of God, other he teach them, he earths air, 
 Christ, age useful known, speaking literature of time, 
 
 Known details, Jesus the only man, known to be true, 
 Brain his tablet, practical Spirits, course persue, 
 
 Same style, showing difference, same condition, 
 
 Story same, telling same mental disposition, 
 
 Soft now his thoughts, were they venus; 
 The beautious blush, noble cheeks fair, 
 
 Mild love sincere, no desire, thoughts base, 
 
 Mind subdued, heaven passion revealed, 
 
 Hearts, tears, no Word can conceal; 
 Surround the Witness, lonely of the field, 
 
 Woe of patience, advanced age to sorrow, 
 
 Aurora, messenger, depart for to-morrow, 
 Mind now, character weak, mind low design; 
 
 Hypocrite, deceitful hypocrite all deceitful divine, 
 
 Doctrine course not his will he believe, 
 Life his lie, wise talk be men, not deceived, 
 
 US, give the US buckskins; pass out these US, 
 IF not, STAND, away for TIME to burn, first, last, 
 For time burn, 
 
 Similar, stay minds own their kind, 
 Progress, tail subdued, civilized scum of time, 
 Upward course claim, steady with aim, 
 
 Opposite to Plutos Gate, Opposite to hypocrite 
 
 Christ, praise now well. 
 His residence praised God, heavens above gates Pluto hell. 
 
 Christ, who, himself laid low, God to praise see above. 
 Him they tell, he is God, Christ, and One, 
 
 Said should they all love, 
 
 Success accused God's son, ye host, ignorant host, 
 Allows He, they wander a dreary coast; 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 71 
 
 Him in Spirits God, his life was divine, 
 Above thoughts, ancient men, above ancient time, 
 
 Born son, CHILD of God, in depths of depths of love. 
 In action distant loving mother, only God above, 
 
 Testament, take his own, course shows he run; 
 Christ make of Joseph, Joseph the carpenter's son, 
 Found her Joseph, she child was great big, God's child with, 
 
 Minded he was, her put away, 
 Loved well still, prompted Spirit remain to Mary. 
 Things saying her born of, be called, should God's son be 
 Continue called, people all tell He was not the Sou of man, 
 Skip imagination, His Word reason, mystery not impossible, 
 Heaven peaceful, hell dreadful, to please, is it to please life 
 
 Flesh for heaven, never, this world released, 
 May spirits have wings, mystery, alike unfurled; 
 
 Man simple, that region tell of, open to suspicion, 
 Before time in deatn, know humanity, a condition, 
 
 Called God, speak Jesus, Testament, His shows, 
 Son in deceit speak of Father, Power unknown, 
 
 Spirits composed please, stretched to please God's will, 
 
 God, praise from himself, limits of reason 
 Way proving action, in life wisdom, mystery equal division; 
 Purpose in multitude driven, Spirits in and out, 
 
 Ignorance, I hope, not to know, I claim I cannot see, 
 
 Such, with wise men, wise eyes, never can never agree; 
 My welfare, I with, content, mystery remains in growth. 
 
 Teach disdain experience, Kingdom see to man. 
 Is God no man, is man God born again, no yes no. 
 
 Dies death first, spirit flesh, Spirit life to life in days 
 Was Joseph Jesus, in three days from death; 
 Truth, plain truth, think of that fact. 
 
 Is reason, not strong imagination useless, lead the way. 
 A cross plan Christ crucifixion, God's smallest work; 
 
 Suffice with power acknowledge, 
 
 People bringing thoughts, to mind not cause given, 
 
 God comprehend 'Power not, 
 Earth movements, remove the sky for a heaven, 
 
 Brought forth, babe of God, is the way, 
 Praised, loosed tongue praised God, following day, 
 
 Reason is practical, is God woman mankind prove, 
 God is slow faults many find 
 
 Spirit, for her humbled, iu patience, 
 Own spirit, wait, die, prepare for fate. 
 
 Wait side, this side of Pluto's misty gate, 
 
GABRIEL S TE8TATENT. 
 
 Receive spirit, heal anew, add temples to reason; 
 Talk born again, Spirits, love in proper season 
 
 Love born, leads Spirit, new life gains seldom trouble ; 
 
 Thought stroubled, berry grief, burn strife. 
 Son, see God Child, Spirits come simple, above idle wife. 
 
 Power God's praise, Him, please we can his human kind ; 
 Prayer Him, look over ideas, to insignificant to Himself. 
 Force His, light scope of, cannot imagine, 
 Son, which way to God, ends nothing. 
 Known, our God by Spirit, Spirit worship truth. 
 
 Flesh separate, revealed it God Him, son long time flesh. 
 Spirits perish, spirits live unbounded. 
 
 Nothing is man, is part spirit God. 
 
 His Light commands fields, electricity controlling forming. 
 Own way controlling beginning, a universe, on there growth. 
 Man future, see here heaven, purity being pleasure life pleasure. 
 Flesh, penalties evil hell, known believed. 
 
 Christ Jesus named God Spirit, see God Himself. 
 Came to the Word John, given in the wilderness. 
 God Spirit claims John, with his Word His own book; 
 
 He spirit man from God, spirit in him. 
 Bold, he owning writing, own Spirit, praise name. 
 Name, an ancient given Itself, 
 
 Perfect, without to him understanding, 
 
 He mankind Jesus, the Christ, 
 
 God behold, Holy Ghost descending, Him behold upon. 
 Containing Spirit, his own testament wrote. 
 Time in Christ, support only his theory. 
 
 Or Jesus, help God there never was an equal, 
 
 Protection continually, He claim not. 
 Prove him, this God, common spirit Christian belief. 
 Descended Joseph, to love God carpenter's son. 
 Say, three be One, God's love scrub Joseph Spirit Christ. 
 No man Spirits see flesh son Spirits controlled; 
 
 Frqe flesh, not Spirits space of heaven. 
 Father God like, Him, strength against attraction. 
 
 Weak son obeys, loves His laws, attractions, earth. 
 God pleasing at times. Son at times was MAN, with God. 
 For love wisdom, voice said. Beloved Son thou art, I am pleased. 
 Foundation is annointed, record ; 
 
 Christianity, My Story beginning truth, in truth. 
 Youth, ignorant unthankful, worthless. 
 
 Spirit, God gives manhood, children of appreciate truth. 
 God's young ones, become ones active, cultivate brain. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 Past parables look, life evil, very, study plain. 
 Prove man, in life, knowledge life by God is given. 
 Part remain the sphere, revolve through heaven. 
 
 Advanced humanity a gigantic plan, 
 Shone His Light all, when Jesus was the son of man. 
 
 Christ, him when baptized, see, Holy Ghost and fire, 
 The Word in the wilderness, to John by the Gospel Wire ; 
 John known Jesus, Esaias numerous prophets in name, 
 
 Jesus known John, Christ, one all and the same. 
 Scope that country, in time and age purpose told, 
 Time development, could of his full name unfold. 
 God's Word plainly, it came to John, the Word claims, 
 People, see from John, see the four different names. 
 Show actions important, precious multitude, they were few; 
 The story repeats truth, impressed the ancient Jew. 
 A prophet, respected they all men, fulfill help his course; 
 Stretched, his blood by blood, by love of blood dript the cross. 
 Be, let him crucify, God was will, theirs was law; 
 Afar off looked off the the soldiers, pain his, from withdraw. 
 Him, it behooves suffer, words his we call to mind, 
 
 Regret record, on recovery cannot find. 
 Him they took, for his death cross, they no desire, 
 Wire arms stretched nailed hands, fire God's electric fire. 
 Jesus John Joseph pain relieved all, cross body received. 
 Thence from useful life, life peacefully ended, 
 Days in those, Mary not yet, His Father ascended. 
 Praise, mother eyes modest, great big, that with that child. 
 
 Talk angels, God's humanity in human form; 
 Angel GABRIEL, thing that was Jesus to Mary, to be born. 
 Lives overshadowed, two, knew they alone course, 
 John, was with Jesus, for Christ, was Spirit modest force. 
 By perfect patience, by course, repentance his cause; 
 In favor with God man increased, Christ removed the flaws ; 
 Love of God worthy, woman that life matured, for mind, 
 That Spirit in life received, life common cannot find. 
 The age of all time, by man age that Spirit Unknown. 
 
 See, in that Spirit manhood, manhood, if shown. 
 Children to God, to worthless babes that Grace is not given, 
 For worthless they useless, to country or heaven. 
 Child, was Jesus through virtue, in Mary born, 
 Purity, coming through Christ Jesus God's Son. 
 In her, the GABRIEL born, was again, 
 'Love plain, big with love willingly remain. 
 
74 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Relieve that heals pain mortal, in life, 
 Man leads that death, forget his grief and strife, 
 As the Light it came, the sheep lost were found. 
 Light, oh Light love shone, God all around, 
 
 His mother he came from, saved the fall 
 Lost to the Shepherd, love for he followed the call, 
 Him she led, on came God's lamb, His own way, 
 God gives the world to each to all sinners to-day; 
 Pack their own load each one, not to ask* his brother's pay. 
 
 Through love, born love which must forever live, 
 Woman for man will come, come see the gifts God can give. 
 For the lamb lost, sad, the Shepherd felt alone, 
 Light he made, and she light, guides she him home; 
 Pasture, all follow in, which light led the way, 
 Found and lost, for that light, His light shines without pay, 
 Time back that sacred night, along years ago, 
 Birth, behold God's Lamb a plain, the Light, low, 
 Repeats life God's Word, turns man from God's Light, 
 Could God God could forever sacred repeat that flight, 
 The Shepherds call, to the lost they come they hear, 
 They, His Word believe voice His love, quiet call, 
 Soar they yes, far above Adam's darkness, Adam's fall. 
 Who, man believe, walking light, to be saved. 
 Spirit, above his is rapids, thoughts above the grave. 
 Came God's Lambs through gloom, born they Light, the op- 
 posite shore, 
 
 They get to where they cross love, God hapi ness floats them o'er 
 Lambs God's, try to please God, gives He them pleasant Power 
 Life they wash in purity, with life He sweetens Flower, 
 Love they God's way, no see fault, see work He has given. 
 Made the earth He, no yes, they are satisfied in heaven. 
 Love gives Word to God, bread give it to the multitude, 
 Flesh strenghten, remains God the light of fate, 
 Like their help, growth now Power mankind, wait, 
 Knowledge that, the only hope, love His Word to believe. 
 A miracle, beginning beyond the heat gate, of life received 
 The germ, developed in darkness a sprout, all alone, 
 
 Darkness covers the seed of wild oats sown; 
 The dreary sower repents, stops back in dark gloom, 
 Rejected come, to their beauty leads to shine home, 
 Her, in darkness they see, the light mother, 
 From God gift; slow, simple Adam, wife in time 
 They pass her, think willingly, for wait future life, 
 God, virtue woman beauty, she leads upward the course. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 75 
 
 Strength, patience binds love together, with quiet force; 
 They love they show love, take His Word His place Power, 
 Patiently must wait, growth maturity wisdom flower. 
 God's lambs these models, follow all their way, 
 Please His will, He shows with them, Light of future Day. 
 
 Follow, may man his own course yes, 
 Man like, God likes be lost when He is found, 
 May take him mankind, him, God shows spirit body bound. 
 Pattern of man's work, of Himself God makes no display; 
 To please Him, follow this Light, Lambs lead the way. 
 Now believe, His Word unchanged beginning, dated night,day; 
 His Word, God is old Happiness is His will His course, 
 Word given, a follow Adam lose much force ; 
 He was to God as never found, not a Lamb Lost. 
 Wander to lost Paradise, wander to gloomy stygian gloomy 
 
 coast ; 
 
 Eve an Adam placed the garden, His Word cannot they wait. 
 Christ Mary waited in Paradise, Light came to gate, 
 Mother pain, bring forth son of man, 
 Care, in sincere, be above a wife. 
 Spirit leaves, sad, many days save his life ; 
 Protection moulds his life, him hold to modest ways. 
 Mother, son, God spirit comes, bound for her of course ; 
 Wait, she holds him light ; see, through modest force. 
 Born, virtue seven devils power, she avoided man's ways ; 
 Her, he came her love for her, impatient she delays. 
 Mother, man is a light on the high road of life, 
 God's Son keeps, shines above, the light of wife. 
 
 Like a reaper, God's Spirit a foe to life of man, 
 He matures growth a growth, a growth from naked land ; 
 Return dust, leave spirit, life in tears answer call ; 
 Spirit matured ignorance; enemy flesh, never fall. 
 
 God hath, I declare me. 
 
 Never, tell things, not heard ; 
 
 I obey, we cannot tell we take we heard. 
 Think Son, with Son, declare ignorance. 
 
 Think Son, rest, think man mightier We, model Book. 
 Reverend man, respect I thee, 
 
 Out of respect, reverend man I out of thee. 
 God hath me, I declare, Him. 
 
 God had me, I declared Him, I had Him. 
 Readest thou writing, not study lying without waiting. 
 Out of thee without lie, it best within many, 
 
76 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Know, I do not lift every scrub in the world, 
 If they follow make course, God hold them. 
 
 God will not bother every man in the world ; 
 If they make His Course better, it is, better you see Him. 
 I declare God, I declare, well has Him ; 
 
 That is, I has Him I declare when He wants me. 
 When He wants to He has Himself, suppose, wants He. 
 He is all OBEY ME, above about me, He, 
 He, about holds out all these things. 
 Now things, take these things. 
 
 God shows Himself, nearly. 
 About, you about look, at these things, 
 
 See, not, things which are not, seen things. 
 
 Things which before you, are of God, in Power. 
 
 Pass you away these things, 
 
 Your mind, your mind, now mind give you away 
 To Power about. 
 
 Kill me, simply kill me, I ready die A man, 
 
 I Am, I hope not A man. 
 I hope I am; nothing is a man. 
 
 I hope I am no you, no more no A man. 
 
 I am I hope I am above, B'A) DAM' (AN I am. 
 
 Follow to him yes him, burn into hell a man. 
 
 I Am, a man is Mine, I Am, 
 
 I am, Heart As A Rock, I Am Slay, I am Persecute, I Am. 
 Now to thee A man, 
 
 Kiss My in it not, I Am for never, more I Am, 
 Eli's Boy Rock them, 
 My breeze blow; 
 
 Puck little Stone Heart them, 
 
 Where you come I Am I Am. 
 My breeze go blow them away, 
 
 Off by breeze take them fire them, 
 
 It take far it burn, them away down. 
 
 You say come breeze blow me way up, 
 
 You come to Me, Mine breeze bring Boy, 
 
 Tell my boy I no breeze, 
 I no die, I rock I no blow, Myself Time, 
 Quick again very much My breeze go, 
 I wind it in, I, you, come go. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 77 
 
 LAST CASE. 
 
 4th Scene Sign of Time. 
 
 BAND OF LAST ARRIVALS LAST CHIEF ARRIVALS. 
 
 Big Buckskin the Tiger Chief of Big Ben 
 
 Fairolight ; 
 
 Lord Pale Face Few Cards of Jasper City. 
 Chief Son Two Strikes Sand off Winning Cards. 
 Ann Attractive Deck Harbor Kicking Bear Deal 
 
 Bold Disciple keep cases ; 
 Agents cut, your choice order, moderately gratis. 
 
 FIRST CASE THE LAST. 
 
 Little fresh Sport, do much, for the red man's 
 Spirit ante up, chip in with Son Again Born the 
 Bottom copper on Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 Come shake sharp wit 
 
 Let US berry Tommy Hawk, 
 Lie about dead as the cherry tree 
 
 Stand for Liberty, 
 Stand My Son Again Born Speak, 
 
 The Freedom of Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 
 Eli Joses Joseph stands in Old Son o-ma 
 The hub head center from whence 
 
 He cranks the universe, big round wide wake time, 
 Angel GABRIEL ON EARTH, 
 
 Read record second visit found in Son Again Born. 
 
 Look down Adam, Look out eve Angel 
 Gabriel kicks Adam down, 
 Kicks up eve, cover eyes, 
 
78 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 In Gabriel's Trumpet look round, 
 Read in Son Again Born. 
 
 Look up out little Jew Eli's Word 
 Directs you, prophet Elijah conies to 
 
 Memory God's promise, God does not forget His promise 
 Of ancient times that promise fulfills the Word, 
 
 Taps your money, 50c come again 50c. 
 
 Look bags, buy bundle, money sax, 
 Ye read, ye understand God's Law 
 
 In Son Again Born come get a head once, 
 One Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 Unthankful you have the Indians home, 
 To help, give help, no missionaries, read, 
 
 Son Again Born, Gabriel's Trumpet by Chief Josia Joseph. 
 
 Sweet charity back bone of missionary, 
 Do compare, red man's belief to josh, 
 
 Find book, Great Spirit make, 
 American Savior Goods, or go to China, 
 
 Son Again Born, Joe Gabriel's Trumpet in here. 
 
 Come to book, farmer boy, life ye feed, 
 Believe, ye know ye read so, sow; 
 
 Proceed to plow through Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 Cultivate, Son Again Born, here it is, seed for sale. 
 
 Are ye common Christian, certain, 
 Believe ye Jesus was God, are ye certain. 
 
 Ingersold God's Power is no fable, see, 
 God's son again is not all Him, Himself, 
 
 His son writes Books to see, here they are for sale. 
 
 Are ye lawyer Hard Case, are ye scribe Hard Stuff. 
 Ignorance leave, to appreciate, a lot of son again 
 
 Heal over through Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 Cure insane ignorance, vanish. 
 
 Big science step, see, over through Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 To pass interest, go through Son, 
 Again Born, here they are. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 79 
 
 Step out see breeze, Professor All Know Much, the farisee. 
 Catch it, neck stiff, hold stiff breeze; 
 
 Any lies breeze, seize, Son Again Born. 
 Blow about Gabriel's Trumpet, they are here. 
 
 Young man Loud Shout, breeze blow about, 
 Look out of breath to see the sky removed. 
 
 To move get to Son Again Born, into it 
 Float out in Gabriel's Trumpet once. 
 
 Old man Sober Breath breathe dry breeze 
 Pocket your forgetmenot, to leave 
 
 When you pass, be above Old Big Money, follow Gospel 
 Wire Gabriel's Trumpet leave tin, for Son Again Born. 
 
 Man preacher, leave when you pass above, breeze, 
 Kemember a few lines by Joe in Son Again Born, 
 
 Or give three howls in for Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 Take it away for 50c, find yourself. 
 
 Priest hold down, down, dead fall, stift 
 Quick distill your stuff to pass, do ye, 
 
 Head Late in Books read Son Again Born, 
 Call mass for Gabriel Strumpet, take it away for 50c. 
 
 Young Jake Sankytimony think much do you pass 
 While you wait to see, your brain improve, 
 
 Pocket your fill of Son Again Born 
 When full, fill hide with Gabriel's Trumpet only. 
 
 Puff some man up big corporation 
 Steam stew him up, to work brain machine 
 
 Slow down to hear Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 A Boy Whistle of the future, Son Again. 
 
 My dark and dusty friends 
 Take a tumble from trouble your dusty ware off, 
 
 To come get in Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 Dodge or come read Son Again come your little 50c. 
 
 Young Counter Jump, drop money, 
 Arm your shelves in upper story with Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 Fort defy brain Son Again Born is on the war path. 
 
80 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Sailor furl your lugs, come too, anchor, 
 
 You are near the gang, walk 
 Buy Son Again Born, heave up, and row for 
 
 Gabriel's Trumpet, good for 50c dock u ment. 
 
 Stop your drag, Drive Easy, opportunity 
 Embrace Son Again Born for 50c, 
 Arm squeeze Gabriel's Trumpet if you please her 50c. 
 
 Prospect mine miner, Gabriel's Trumpet contains nuggets, 
 
 Croppings of Son Again Born pay plain 
 As grass roots on down come on shift for 50c. 
 
 Big Beef the beer butcher, skin them, 
 
 The sucking black sheep and dry calves 
 Come Soak Gin, set them up for Son Again, 
 
 Say boys again for Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 Wiry Fast Freight, down breaks, chuck your rollers 
 For the good indian near, conduct or pass in, 
 
 For Son Again Born Y switch in, 
 
 Come here for Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 Come Rough Wart, the snag pilot, heave too 
 
 Hail Son Again Born have some fun, 
 On Home voyage drop your tin, sink her sound 
 
 Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 Factory maid, take time, if you please don't fret. 
 
 To worry body sweet talk, made Son Born Again, 
 
 Never to sour on Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 If you are safe; save your for 50c. 
 
 Can Cinnamon, cotton seed look out of Dixie, 
 
 So brain seed, look out through Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 Mature mind understand Son Again so brain seed 50c each. 
 
 Loud Bark the saw-log man, 
 
 Cant hook handle timber, 
 Come hook one Son Born Again; hook one 
 
 Gabriel's Trumpet your 50c good for 50c. 
 
 Come quiet eve, fall him, you find leave, come 
 To pick yourself up one Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 81 
 
 Fall in to get one Son Again Born, hold one off for yourself. 
 
 Mind poisoned eat, rake brain drink, 
 
 Dose Gabriel's Trumpet, to heal sore cave mind, 
 Temple rub much, Son Again Born, cure case 50c each. 
 
 Captain to mate, Steward come eat mess 
 
 Of Son Again Born, take a head wind tack, 
 
 Run down through Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 Sale here for 50-cent piece. 
 
 Come Hard Case, smoke stack of peace, 
 
 Inhale my Holy Smoke to explode 
 Hard shell, breathe Gabriel's Trumpet one lung, 
 
 Blow Son Again Born the other. 
 
 Come to trouble, little slight brain waist, 
 
 Sting my books, see light in on Son Again, 
 
 Drive your stinger away through Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 Your nest fill, 50 sense empty. 
 
 Young Good Much Hearest. thou keep quiet proper time, 
 Read little short Gabriel's Trumpet, spring season ; 
 
 Loud paint Son red, paint Son Born, 
 Bate trap Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 Big Blow, very fly blow your city full, 
 
 Many flies in the flight of Gabriel's Trumpet ; 
 Son Again Born very great, blow, hard time 50 sense times. 
 
 Climb crook, perch outside cage jailbird, 
 
 Rob, steal, hold up, scratch ; 
 The Highway produce turnip, beat, Son Again Born, 
 
 You come pure sharp, steal Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 Maid fisher maiden, hook the fish, play line him, 
 Head the sucker, Sal mon, tail cut, bone him, 
 
 Make prize pickle, codfish, with patience; 
 
 Read Son Again Born, let them nibble, bite, 
 
 Drop them down deck, continue, many 
 
 Times, put on, Power Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 Young one, go it stage struck, 
 
 If you don't mind you show, off without you, 
 
82 GABRIEL S TESTATENT. 
 
 Mind the Merchant of Venus is Gabriel's Last Weak, 
 Engagement, last for time to please Son 
 Again Born, no dead head, pass yourself 50c reserve. 
 
 Hear the Last forever Friend a working man, 
 
 He eats the Last Supper, drinks Last 
 Wine will Last, Son Again eat, come drink 
 
 All through your Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 She again fine, fair wine. 
 
 Up anchor, spread sales of your courtship, 
 
 Joe Gabriel fly for her again Son, 
 The Strumpet knows your love was fair. 
 
 $th Scene Picture Time. 
 
 The world may judge Son Joe by his own life 
 
 Record in Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 Boy Son is a thorough bred, scrub world, beat her 
 
 If you can leave brain seed for the fields of time. 
 Let them spread all over the fields of crime 
 
 Come on home, leave china, filth and slime. 
 Gabriel's Trumpet tells all, you burnt a hell of time. 
 
 My Son let them deny, you prove their slime, 
 Burnt all through the world, furnace, crime. 
 
 I son burnt up, knows all slime, never needs fire ages time, 
 He writes, he knows, he proves life, 
 
 His record of his time of life Mine, 
 He has a Great Big Spirit, take His Word 
 
 As Dictated, or take it alone, 
 Spirit has him with Him, so let alone, 
 
 We keep away when we are alone, 
 Spirit Judge looks eyes, Sons make no mistakes, 
 
 Find fault, big miss take the telegraph to Mary, 
 Third ward off in a yard of Son o-ma Count, 
 
 Calif US Americans get along there just the same, 
 One else would not do, 
 
 I Am Yours I Am, Yours Eli. 
 
PICTUKE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 83 
 
 Joe Josi, come to see, if you move it. 
 
 Man of the world, understand My Works, they move, 
 You move, come see if you move It, 
 
 Air is deep, sky is heavy, is it heavy on shoulders, 
 Under the world, unbalance your mind. 
 
 Do you come up, you go down ; 
 Climb up manhood, in the morning of life, 
 
 Wake up top of world unto noon, 
 Late in quiet eve roll down out of eye sight. 
 
 Earth is rocky, life is heavy; 
 Is air solid stuff, cut through to see if 
 
 You breathe a breath of it, 
 Strike Two, see if you move It, through it. 
 
 Do you have a Little Wound from it, Son Two Strikes, 
 
 A GAME LITTLE WOUND, I 
 
 Come to game, Little Wound, 
 
 Kill clean game, never eat white man. 
 
 Every morning white man top scalp world, 
 Roll them down under, the world, Eastman, 
 
 Straddle over the wide west, Old Gall, 
 Hump the buffalo again over the prairies; 
 
 Brace up, man, be like Young-man-Fear-no-horse. 
 Come John Cloud up, never run like rain dears, 
 
 Paint Red Clouds, Son again, 
 Say Big Foot, let them have their baby game, 
 
 With the profit of Wounded Knee prophet. 
 Come Rose Bud the autumn fall, like self control. 
 
 Brave Indian, like Standing Rock, 
 
 Indian brave like me, I Am Justis Heart, as a rock. 
 
 Great Son TWO STRIKES two, 
 
 Be bold Indian maid, Wild-Shy-Ann, Pie-you-it, 
 Make Snake hunt, On-eat a, Sweet Cherry key. 
 
 Take no white pale man, description his depredation, 
 
 Dim, he tells Few Tails of himself, 
 PORCUPINE TABLETS. 
 Ye red man, Great Father, no president is Great Father; 
 
 Great Spirit, no little white man president. 
 Make all over, round top sky; 
 
 He give Son Born see stars, Spirits move 
 In Happy Hunting Ground be good, big, Indian, 
 
 Slow fire in hell, bad man burn 
 
S4 GABRIEL S TESTATENT. 
 
 Two Hundred, One thousand years breathe fire. 
 
 Not soon forget, good, very next time 
 Great Father make moon, Great Father talk Son, 
 
 Great Father feel all round little earth, 
 He looks another way. 
 
 Chief Sons KICKING BEAR Light, 
 
 Great Father make sky cities stars, sky round, 
 
 Earth inside, Great Father live above sky. 
 Great Spirit come by breeze, 
 
 Down One Boy take another Boy Home, . 
 Great Spirit All Wire All Know Big Crank, no fool, 
 
 His breeze feel all men, wire see sift all men, 
 Great Spirit All Happiness Great Spirit was 
 
 Forever Big Work Him God is not all trouble, 
 Great Spirit come kill fool Boy. 
 
 Give life Boy, new God's Boy write Book (SPIRIT,) 
 God's Spirit makes Boy write, 
 
 Baby Joe don't know Great Spirit tell, 
 Him everything to know 
 
 God's Boy Heaven cities see, he never troubles God, 
 To wait on Him he is rough an tumble. 
 
 He runs to fall when God tells him he loves, 
 He fears he is very small to God 
 
 All top sky God very solid, 
 Great Spirit, not much little man, 
 
 God's Heart big solid, Heart as rock 
 God's Word is to all men, when they are dead, 
 
 They know, they believe lately 
 God sends Great Spirit in breeze, electricity quick, 
 
 His breeze blows electricity quick. 
 
 Great SPIRIT FOR TWO Strike Son 
 
 They the sons of ancient American Liberty 
 Y ou trash them to death, you crowd 
 Liberty, foreign pauper crowd 
 God's Spirit does not descend every day to Judge 
 
 The world, many years departed He returns His own way 
 Leave room, right way mind, best mind Him the right way 
 
 Right your way do not chain the Indian, to inactivity 
 You take his arms, he wants the right, 
 
 He is silence of poverty, he holds his misery, 
 If he wants, the Great Spirit, He allows him he fights 
 
 The Great Spirit, if he wants, tells him, fight 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 85 
 
 He takes liberty, they like liberty, 
 I walk alone, I Am Liberty, 
 I Am the Frame and Bones of Time, 
 
 I am touchy, I never forget, I cannot forgive, 
 I can relieve, believe My Word, 
 
 Think, know, Spirit of Truth, 
 Leave centre, make earth attract, round you, 
 In you, darken light sky, 
 
 Roll dark black clouds, in you, 
 
 If you can sound roll thunder, 
 
 Vivid flash lightning. 
 To ease your mind, 
 
 Look beyond My star eyes, 
 Move from Heaven, inside, refuse, clouds, 
 If you make rain clean up water spouts, 
 Move clouds in a minute, 
 And forever if you can. 
 You move my insides, 
 
 You are near my underside, of heaven, 
 I Am my Spirit in me, 
 
 I Am nothing that don't suit me, 
 I have many eye bright stars, 
 
 I Am no man, I look in Myself, 
 My Spirit comes in to earth from me, 
 Earth never brought me, 
 
 I let her go, she goes round about way, 
 Son single eye Light 
 
 Shine through to bottom side, 
 
 Far back to side; other side. 
 Light single eye, see many stars 
 
 Shine, shine see far and bright, 
 I star cities see far, move, roll, fall, stand 
 
 Still all in Heaven, some see some blind, 
 I hold all, my son, forever shine, 
 Think heavy, look about inside, look sharp single eye, 
 Single eye, picture course earth 
 
 Continuing to slime My Spirit, 
 My Spirit, eye sore; I burn clean out time, 
 
 Of life time, move life out into hell, 
 Make Myself sick, to clean all up all slime of me, 
 I Am I say forever, 200 1000 years is in one year of me. 
 I am I look another way, 
 
 I feel all over somewhat in me, 
 My Spirit is live, 
 
80 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 My Spirit conies in Son, He loves, 
 
 He loves, he eyes, he knows, He sees in them, 
 He holds them, He feels, He takes them apart, 
 He brings them together, 
 
 If they will go they go, down, down, 
 Away off He never knows them, 
 
 Into space hell, they burn down, down, 
 Up, Up, He never knew them, 
 
 He don't miss them, He never lost them, 
 They have their own spirit takes them, 
 They don't know where they stay, 
 Stay, they stay, they burn slowly, their mind away 
 In all times they see no light present day, 
 They feel slender, they wither, they keep, 
 Quiet when they know me, they say 
 
 I Am, is a devil of man, that they never knew 
 How I Am was made, then when they know, 
 They are far away from I Am, 
 
 Many could in all time do as please, 
 God likes few pick, pick men do me good, 
 
 See a few, a few in life, they ask Him His Power, 
 He says now study pick man Wisdom Flower, 
 If they wither and decay, dry protect, 
 Wait mind, profit future day 
 I fear, I write anything God, bring Spirit wants me to 
 
 Him His and His sky round, earth wants few, 
 We want for nothing, believe you, His Belly full, 
 Round running over heap up, press down 
 You are in it, yes you are, 
 
 God rolls up one rim side looks inside 
 Clouds, round morning sky, mind clean, clear up a noon, 
 At noon turn on down, down below quite, 
 
 Under your quiet eve, you are clean, under it. 
 Baby Joe Boy, write, I please you, 
 
 Long time ago you cry me. 
 Quite run over, to hold out friend boys, 
 
 You open wide eyes, 
 Love to all look up to me, come into me 
 
 Why in it, my Good Boy Save, I we in it. 
 Remember your, you are not without for me, 
 
 Mind you did not make Me inside, eye sore, 
 Inside eye, fear not, stay in it, I am save you 
 Until I save you live. 
 
 You sleep, you twist around in it. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 87 
 
 You up and light, down, heavy, 
 
 You work at play, you are quite into it, 
 
 Come out to Myself, I will take you all over the sky, 
 Then, now we will rest, 
 
 Choice fruit when ripe, I pack, 
 
 My Baby Boy, in a wrapper with eve 
 I Shoulder them, together we stay, 
 
 Until we come home. 
 
 My two Babies feel tickled, proud and happy, 
 They feel and look all over, they kiss me, 
 They hug around and touch My Neck ; 
 
 I move them, I study them, I busy them, 
 I have no time for fool, only this kind touch me again. 
 Touch shoulder top, come out side, lay off by me 
 They tread my planets, they my air stars, 
 
 They feel, they do not fall, they go through air, 
 They come down, they feel good, deep climb. 
 On up by | me, they on My Knee, I study them, 
 
 Forever together in their arms, they always feel, 
 
 They want to come to me, to feel. 
 Me good, I make them behave same as me, 
 
 When I wish, I love to hold them tight. 
 They look up and cry for me, when I hold them. 
 
 When I drop them they run, not to bother me. 
 They stay together, and look in theirselves. 
 
 They hold fast together, smile happy. 
 And at all times look and think of me, hold each, 
 
 An looks close, I smile, I am please 
 Them, overlook them close together, close to me. 
 They come up together close to me, 
 They come up in My Arms, 
 
 They I hold them, in My Arms, 
 
 I tight squeeze them. 
 Sleep in My Arms, them I hold, 
 
 They wake, they sometimes cry, I box them 
 
 Apart, they come to love me forever, 
 I again I bring them together, they never forget, 
 They hang close to me, they do not bother me, 
 I take them when I want them, 
 
 They do cry after me, 
 
 They work for me so willingly, I make them cry. 
 They do not busy me, if I call them 
 
 They help tend to my business, Work 
 
 Each one, they go and come, apart each one 
 
88 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 For me, for me they are mine, they mind, 
 
 They inspire to know me, they mine mind, 
 They raise themselves to know me, please, 
 
 They study My Work for me, I help them please, 
 
 We look around over My Work, we correct make, 
 
 Make the way, as we go together. 
 If you don't like us when way in, you stay away 
 Off, we kick you away, outside in hell away off, 
 
 Without trouble we breeze you through the gate. 
 By you our measure you we make no mistake, 
 Take this to make, take you gain out, 
 
 We gain, not we lose, we don't want gain, 
 We keep away from, all pair yourselves 
 To think to see us, we are over, 
 You sit quite under us, 
 
 We will respect your case 
 If you look up to us. 
 We will not sit on you, 
 
 You will be saved yourselves, 
 
 Mind well, it will not burn yourselves. 
 
 Come to live or go off to die, you may, 
 I am here you are in a place, in for it. 
 Where you come out, then you are in it, 
 Wait, for you to improve, mine in time, 
 Make something over My Work in Time, 
 Work something over me in time, I will give you something. 
 The death grip squeeze breath, breath out of you, 
 Breath wind, wash kill dry, clean out, you purify, 
 Purify yourselves out or I will Fire Ghost all into you. 
 I must come you at last, 
 I must last for you at first, 
 I was first, you last, I Am forever, 
 If if, you see I Am come, to believe I Am, 
 I Am come for you to believe I Am, 
 If if you are ignorant to doubt, mind, 
 Your will, may know, you say, I am off, wrong, 
 
 Wrong off, you upside down and walk. 
 You are the fruit, over far away off, I take trip you 
 One devil of man, kick you out to 
 
 Fire hell in time, 
 I am Spirit, Adam run, Omego. 
 
 I am the Kill, Quick, Fire Chief cook a man; 
 Down a man, I fill, electricity is my steam stew. 
 Forever when you come to meals, to supper. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 89 
 
 In it well, some of you have found out light, 
 Into it, roller take quick light, electricity, eat ; 
 Feed man machine, all big, work the dead 
 With the dead light, come see dead son. 
 Work with the dead, big dead son, 
 
 I keep quiet, man to make him his work. 
 Never seem to know me, to ask praise. 
 
 I claim no praise, show me future, small machine. 
 A future, come on electricity, I show 
 
 For my future understanding, 
 Electricity, man, is my fly-wheel band, 
 Band, son man help me, make things 
 
 We make, he never hear me, I do him, 
 Son mind see, head Myself, 
 
 Like Make I Am Alone, stand. 
 Stay throughout, stand still alone without Me, 
 
 Come over lightning tracks for me, 
 I give you light, uncover My Light, earth-machine. 
 Case Me, My enemy in, 
 
 I Am I send Word to you, My Clerk, 
 
 I can see from the bright morning star, 
 
 He writes a SLEEPY SON. 
 He writes for me, Through Electricity, Candle, 
 Three Powers, Electricity Man, Spirit Light, 
 Roll the heavy world down 
 Through light air space, 
 
 She runs away, I put on, Governor, 
 She moves steady, if you lose the Band, 
 Lightning, fire I put the Band, 
 
 And she runs like lightning fire. 
 I keep Clerks, herd planets, Clerks star cities, 
 
 My Clerk star cities, by My Sight, 
 Record Light Shine, I have a band of them, 
 
 I blow trumpet, I wake them very early in the morning, 
 Bring in herd of asses, GABRIEL TRUMPET BLOW, 
 
 Quite early by light in the morning, 
 I like to see all the herd feed, 
 
 On they pack the load, I take it 
 Quiet quite easy, away far star city, the band, 
 I see at one look I see them, 
 
 I know the one that lays down, 
 His load is heavy when I come help him up, 
 
 When I feed, he eats, anybody eat for me this. 
 They come down from, for below heaven, 
 
90 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 My Son take the Bread, asses eat take it multitude, 
 Eat break it, eat full fill up with fragments, 
 
 Your bread baskets full fill, up run top over, 
 See, grow stout good big, Boy, 
 
 I am come over you once, twice, 
 
 See you feed multitude, 
 Break eat, once, twice, disciples seat them, 
 Once, twice down the way side 
 
 By hundreds, fill them down, them see 
 Away full make room, 
 
 Come by, eat, into Mary's Table, 
 
 Son burner light out, sit down. 
 Let the grass grow, you have burnt all down, 
 You warm the rock, you run lava beds, 
 
 Over mountains, burnt world. 
 Grass grow again, like grass green trees like roots. 
 Rein habit earth like this in morning time, 
 Increase your mind, multiply, decrease, 
 You sail out of the flood into fire, 
 In the flood you know you drink too much, 
 In fire I know you eat fire, 
 
 I come in to burn inside out, 
 
 Dead Son Top Side, be the same inside; 
 All be a little bit the same inside and outside. 
 Leave your side, take my side, 
 
 I Chief Boss My Side, I burn to kill your side, 
 But side in side, away side of the other side, 
 We walk fields of the middle of it. 
 Find this Two, let-her last, 
 Go earth roll or I make you shake, 
 Roll, never lose me, I am Good Customer, 
 Roll all your things, punkings, beat, yourself 
 All over, I feed you, out in there, 
 I awake to my close, bright 
 
 With love for Kill me Quick. 
 God should not claim fool son of the world, round. 
 His Son is Joe Gabriel, from with, in Him 
 Come out to Son Shine Himself, 
 Father take whip, Son Shine, 
 
 Father is Joe Great, wild west Son Shine, 
 Joe is west wild, very, Great Son Shine, 
 Joe go west, step over the east, 
 
 Wild Joe way south, step over the north, 
 Over centre, turn, little centre wheel, around 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 91 
 
 Round them more, round them around 
 
 Then round them, around quick all over big round, 
 Take them around, in Great Big Round UP, 
 Brand them, fire, red hot, 
 
 Get letters red as fire, Brand, 
 
 Brand with letters, G I T S S A B. 
 
 Our Brand letters read, mean this: 
 
 Gabriel In Trumpet Savior Scrub A Boy. 
 
 Gabriel In Trumpet Son Savior A Boy. 
 
 Gabriel In Trumpet Son Scrub Again Born. 
 
 Study ABook Get In To Self. 
 
 Savior A Boy Get In To Scru b. 
 
 Strumpet A Boss Get In Trumpet Strumpet. 
 
 Gabriel In To Strumpet Son A Boy. 
 
 Get In-To Strumpet Saviour-A Boy, 
 
 Strumpet In To Gabriel Scrub A Boy. 
 
 Take my book all the world round, 
 Round all the world take my book, 
 My Book all the round world take. 
 
 Joe the Boy Saviour earth returned, 
 Returned to earth My Boy Saviour Joe, 
 My Boy Joe Saviour returned to earth. 
 
 Gabriel shows his Trumpet in Bright Light, 
 The Bright Light of Gabriel's Trumpet shows, 
 Show His Trumpet in Gabriel's Bright Light. 
 
 I Am Joe Josi don't get any higher, 
 Don't get any higher than Joe Josi, 
 I don't want I Am Joe Josi I get there. 
 
 When I am through let me rest anywhere, 
 I rest I am anywhere when I get through, 
 Let me rest I get where when I get through. 
 
 I pack a heart like stone there in I get, 
 I heart like stone there I get I pack, 
 I in there get a heart like stone I pack. 
 
92 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 God O they don't want Son give them something another 
 Son give them something Another God O they don't want 
 Something another Son God give them to want. 
 
 Let them take these whets without any pets. 
 Without any pets let them take these whets. 
 Take these whets them without any pets. 
 
 Box pack them up to come by courtship. 
 
 By courtship pack them to come by box them. 
 
 Pack them up to come by courtship box. 
 
 Breeze come and go to herd handle them. 
 Herd handle them Breeze come and go to. 
 Come and go Breeze herd handle them to. 
 
 I stay in my home when I want I come to go. 
 I come to go stay in my Home when I want. 
 In my Home when I want I come I stay I go. 
 
 Pale face don't like go stay stop away. 
 Don't like go stay stop away pale face. 
 Away stay go stop pale face don't like. 
 
 1 come red man's home in red man's home see, 
 In red man's home come see in red man, 
 Red man come see home red man home. 
 
 Brave Buck I Am going to quit or say to much, 
 To quit or say to much Brave Buck I am going, 
 I am going to quit brave buck or say too much. 
 
 Indian Brave brave against all U. S. America, 
 All U. S. Americans against all Brave Buck Indians, 
 Against few Buck Indians All Brave American men. 
 
 Brave Indian fight for America die for Liberty, 
 
 For Liberty die for America fight brave Indian, 
 
 Gain your Liberty in America or die fight brave Indian 
 
 Give the white man home don't treat like a dog, 
 White man give them at home you treat like a dog, 
 You treat them like dogs they leave home. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 93 
 
 Don't bother the life of them away; 
 
 The life of them don't bother to stay away, 
 
 You bother the life of them keep some away. 
 
 They did not come along last to take a home. 
 You come along at the last to take all their home; 
 Come along you dam you to last help them at home. 
 
 This is my last to help the redman to a home. 
 Redman this is my last help me is your home, 
 I am the Last in your home redman help me. 
 
 I am your first and last we scatter them together, 
 First and last we are together if we don't scatter, 
 We scatter a few together First and Last; 
 Great scatter Boy Indian Book Maker. 
 
 Come Gallager let her go Hearst, 
 Come Hearst Gallager letter go; 
 Letter go Gallager's Hearse. 
 
 Fire let her Hearst to hell; 
 Burn letter to hell with Hearst. 
 
 6th Scene Picture Time. 
 
 Last let her Hearst first letter to Hearst. 
 
 Son to son of Examiner; 
 
 Say Son of a Examin her Sir 1891; Janu ary, 
 
 You have acted a 
 
 The sneaking mouse with my Book, 
 
 Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 Fear not 
 
 People remain ignorant of your connection, 
 With it you may come forward, I am pleased 
 If you take some notice, of this One 
 My Own Second One. 
 
GABRIELS TESTATENT. 
 
 It is in regard to a Saviour 
 
 Is promised to the Montana Indians, 
 
 And I will again say, if a better man cannot 
 
 Come to time 
 I will be pleased to assume the task, 
 
 When the Snow Flies. 
 To protect yourself, I am, be willing, 
 You may advertise 
 As the Dam, 
 The Big, 
 
 The Crank of the 
 World, 
 
 Eli J. Joseph I am. 
 
 Picture Silence Contempt Silent 
 He who thinks I am a fool dam, 
 
 I know one see this date-age, 
 One Gabriel Trumpet Public-shed, Santa Rosa, 
 
 March along 1890 one, 
 
 From Public-shed office this unnoticed letter to Hearst 
 May come along 1890 one, 
 I am still, Gabriel's Trumpet no answer. 
 
 A Hearst come, to Examiner. 
 
 Please allow your book reviewer time to examine 
 This little book, which I Am, pleased to submit to the public. 
 I think it adds another chain to the streak of evidence 
 For that Saviour which our Montana Indians are awaiting. 
 
 Your account May 1st edition, 
 
 I hope they may be notified that the white man believes 
 Like the Indian, that the Great Spirit never lies I will 
 Endeavor to show rny proportion of such a belief 
 
 In this quiet manner. 
 
 When they need, I hope they may have a man 
 Come to them Avith money, brains, and friendship, and freely 
 Spread it on the red man. If no better man comes 
 
 To time, I MAY assume the task 
 
 When the snow flies again. If the man comes with marks 
 Of recommendation from the proper Authority, I am willing, 
 In my modest and unassuming manner, to help him, fulfill 
 The Word and take a few shares in the responsibility. 
 
 You may shade the white sheets of the Examiner 
 With the sentiment, if you like, and give this 
 Book as my recommendation, I believe this will be the red- 
 man's 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 95 
 
 First personal acquaintance with Christ, he shows a steady, 
 
 Nerve, he shows, no use of superfluous expressions. 
 I think he has sense to say, for the Great Spirit of God. 
 He would not exaggerate for financial success or political 
 
 Popularity, His belief, his own right. 
 I am to hope at present, you will not be alarmed for me. 
 I am in poverty, of a very high degree ; 
 Almost equal to the Indian, our model of ancient American 
 
 Liberty. 
 I can say, the Noble Savage, needs a Saviour, or he will soon 
 
 be as low, 
 
 And degraded in his views of life, as the average 
 Specimens of white humanity, which She 
 Associates with on some of our U. S. reservations. 
 I am able to weigh the value of a Good Word, 
 Against thousands of dollars, in broadcast advertisements 
 To show love of God, I beg you not to. condemn 
 My Book ; if I am successful, I hope to advance 
 The Northwestern savage in his native land of Liberty 
 By helping the man they predict, and think will come, 
 With such great power, and authority, to turn the world 
 
 On the white man. 
 I believe I will be justifiable in calling Him the Crank of the 
 
 Universe, as I am, very young, for my age. 
 I have the impudence to ask Him to make S F hub for crank, 
 That we may turn easy, on this part of the globe. 
 Yours with love, Elijah J. Berry man, 
 I am Elijah Josias Joseph. 
 I blow against this for one year without answer; 
 
 I go off to the city and die, dead 
 And they come back to say 
 He who knows I am a fool, 
 
 Dam, I know one I am. 
 Kill me quick 
 
 I lay wait, I away lay Hearst office, 
 And stretch to wait, decent, 
 
 December three days. 
 Hearst stay, no full, no fill its office, 
 
 Talk, Private Secretary, say, 
 Hearst for Berry is very busy man; 
 Private Hearst home cold day send Berry not away. 
 Business manager, Private Secretary talks. 
 
 Hearst Boss, private man, not like talk Berry man. 
 Berry man dead like let Hearst off, 
 
96 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Home Hearst come, Berry come too Berry man, 
 Raise Berry man Berry raise, 
 Raise Berry man off', 
 Three days waited, 
 
 Hearst way busy Hearst. 
 
 Berry waited stretched inside office, 
 Berry man catch no Hearst, 
 
 Raise dead Berry man take fire; 
 No good man to Our Fan Boy, 
 Away from Home to Last 
 
 Come this My Way Hearst go 
 Take him hold up let down easy, 
 Last come by First Hearst, 
 
 My Hearst kick out wink 
 I burn I sink you down, 
 
 Go, down up Hearst, come up warm 
 By me. 
 
 I hold you all warm, in My Arms of Love, 
 Let them come fly away, for My Home Above, 
 Let lead you above try you above heard, 
 Let them believe you, I have I kick, you, well, 
 Let them take this man life Boy sick, now, then, well, 
 I swear by my writing hand, 
 
 I fulfill, burnt all, blind in the field of hell, 
 It best you come keep, up 
 Up doing very well, 
 I hold direct, to course, all wings above, 
 I fly you all, for the Home of Love, 
 
 Let me lead them from ignorance and slime, 
 
 Let me lead, please, lead then, 
 I bear you away over the fields of crime, 
 
 Let me please lead, 
 Will will bear with you all over 
 In the wings of time. 
 
 Let me kick full, you I do very fine, 
 I run all over, to throw up your crime. 
 
 I burn one in it, I burn man in it out of time, 
 Forever I throw up all crime, 
 Now as ever I never I Am 
 Out from the middle of for never. 
 
 Fire red hot Saviour self feel fine, 
 
 I Am a long time I Am come Home A man. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 97 
 
 L 
 
 P. S. Let her come in before this 
 
 Your Saviour man, 
 Save her man Save I-u-or man Save I our man, 
 
 Save your man, Saviour is A man. 
 
 Two Hearts beat Hearst as one, 
 
 Beat Two Hearts By One, 
 
 One, two Hearst beat, by One, 
 
 One, Two Hearts beat, by one, 
 Beat one Hearst take One Two Hearts, 
 A man take Two Hearts you beat one Hearst, 
 Take Two Hearts Yoke to One Hearst A man, 
 Yoke Two Hearts one Hearst beat A man, 
 Two Hearts Yoke beat One Hearst A man, 
 Hearst take Two Hearts beat one man. 
 
 Thoughts dictations George Washington . 
 
 Home in Home of God rest Washington style, 
 U. S. America, Washington your style see no crime, 
 I Am, your Saviour, self, see man, the crime of time, 
 Saviour Goods, man First to Last all Time, 
 In Time Saviour Goods First, Last, all time. 
 First and Last Saviour Goods all time. 
 
 Breeze me I be-come to take A-man, 
 
 I Am Kill Quick I fool A-man, 
 
 Fool man I Kill Quick take breeze A-man, 
 
 I rest easy everywhere in me A-man, 
 
 Rest easy everywhere in me A-man, 
 
 Everywhere in me rest easy A-man. 
 
 I look out into you, a round way off, 
 I look around you. away off in to me, 
 Soon I look away, round off, you into me, 
 I so disgust, the breeze, will measure your mind, 
 The breeze I measure, disgust your mind, 
 Your mind the breeze measure, disgust yourself, 
 Breeze your mind for the breeze-measure yourself disgusted, 
 I disgust you mind the breeze measure yourself 
 For the last breeze, measure yourself, mind you, 
 
 You mind or the last breeze-measure disgusts you, 
 Measure your mind for the last disgusted breeze, 
 Last for your mind measure breeze disgusted. 
 Treat it fair, will you be so disgusted, 
 
98 GABRIEL'S TESTATKXT. 
 
 Disgusted, it cannot be in it is without you, 
 
 It takes you out of yourself, away off disgusted, 
 I am disgusted, Myself, so I stay away most outside Myself, 
 I take what comes to me as My best good for me, 
 Good for me I take what is best for me, 
 Take what is good, I am best for me, I am good, 
 My breeze keeps me from hard mean dirty work. 
 The law of late so late I do not change, 
 
 I do not change late, old man, this is My Law, 
 
 Old man of late this has not changed the law, 
 
 Of late this has not changed, this is My Law. 
 This not change, old man, this is My old Law T , 
 
 This is Old, this is My Change, this is My Law 
 From over, ever for never to A man. 
 
 Make bread of wisdom flowers, 
 
 Mix with Blood Saviour, Self, 
 Eat Saviour Self, be Merry Berry Joe Mary, 
 Woe man Berry man with A man, 
 Wo man A man 
 A- live. 
 
 By Eli J. Joseph Berry man. 
 
 VERY GREAT SLIGHT. 
 
 Brain waste, Wasp-nest FREE PRESS, 
 Free squeeze -and squash the nest, 
 
 Press opinions together kill stingers, 
 Kill or kill stingers, through you 
 For the very Last Time, fear down to kill stingers, 
 Stinger light on my head, mad like, insane body, 
 His brain went up the flew, 
 He he drives his down stinger, 
 Stinger in my head, I look another way, 
 I am ashamed to scalp him off, 
 His his slight waist brain is the take mind off. 
 Wfiste run out his stinger, brain waste, from below his waist, 
 
 He is knocks him off a body, 
 I knock him out, on his head, off my mind, 
 
 I am saved, in time a very bad sting, 
 He stings he does, the Wasp does up himself, 
 
 I double him up, he in his intended stinger, 
 Back the Wasp throws his sting-her 
 
 In his own face, and breaks iris, his waist breaks, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 99 
 
 His brain cracks, he flies to pieces, and I heel him down. 
 This is the Wasp nest Biography. 
 This is the Wasp's record of God's Work. 
 I step on him, his wings dry up, blow away 
 End even of his head, he cannot crawl 
 Up to Dictations Washington style. 
 He without waist, out of brain, out of season 
 With his stingher, he himself fly weak, crawls away to die. 
 It left in its nest, these few lines of its condemnation, 
 They hang, his is character in his nest, 
 A San Francisco Weekly Wasp, 
 
 Illustrated on paper, 
 With his spirit of the times he left 
 So- So So Buz Buz Buz Zee Zee Zee. 
 
 [At this date circumstances are such I cannot procure the 
 Wasp review of Gabriel's little Book (record of original) Ga- 
 briel's Trumpet. Later I will endeavor to see the statement 
 of the Wasp. At present I can only turn towards the Elec- 
 tric-spark and see an outline of their opinion of the little 
 Book their idea of Gabriel's Trumpet. I turn on the flame. 
 It shows he commenced something B z z-z and continued 
 to say that Josia Joseph, of old Son-o-ma, had given an un- 
 earthly howl ; called him the author of Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 when he is only a gent. (Reader class may judge the Wasp's 
 praise of the true author.) Wasp went on to state the author 
 of Gabriel's Trumpet was insane. Then at times the Wasp 
 was wild and raving, unjointing itself, saying, Sacrament O 
 Shake spears ghost should come to tear up the homestead 
 where Gabriel's Trumpet originated. Continued raving about 
 some young man had written lines to a deceased cat, and said, 
 Men do c-I-no. The Wasp was raving mad ; before I ever 
 saw his nest, he should have sense to know the lines in Ga- 
 briel's Trumpet cannot be compared to a dead cat. Still he 
 was pleased to make the comparison. You may understand 
 better by a copy of the pictures of his brain. I do not say 
 above is exact see a copy of Wasp's review. Some time, if I 
 do, I give his opinion to future. It is, perhaps, best I should 
 not give it now, to allow his influence to appear. The case 
 
100 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 stands at present, and allows me an opportunity to continue 
 to plead for my own protection the time I. accept. Who is 
 the one would not wish a book he claims, to be a success? I 
 am an exception. I hope this is a success. We will then 
 proceed.] 
 
 Vers-us Wasp-Nest-Again hive-swarms. 
 
 HE NOT IN IT MAY LOOK ON AND ENJOY THE CASE. 
 
 Wasps quit writing see we divide his waist and brain, 
 
 His the brain belt, below his belt, of the age, 
 Waist, he cannot get it up, his brain is after age, 
 I beg you to keep away from his nest, 
 
 He can sting you, mind. 
 
 I can handle him with sixteen sons of witches like him, 
 But I Am Spirit, you are butter, 
 He lights on you, you lose, 
 
 You don't believe he is honey, 
 You know I buzz him, hear him, 
 I Am not with him for money, 
 
 Without you throw, him he never tells, 
 
 So buz zee he wants money. 
 I throw him, he is deceitful, for money, 
 
 Study him to know how far he is from honey. 
 When you fire him you can see through him, 
 He was pleasing, simple, for money, 
 
 You see what a friend you had. 
 He gives anything, something, be-side in with honey, 
 I take my case to you, put him with the flies, 
 He bothers, I give you mine in honey, 
 
 I fire him, my honey, 
 
 I can down him, fire, eat him, he can crawl away off, 
 Die to never ask me if I give him his money, 
 I can load his wings, he cannot fly up even with my honey, 
 
 Or fill full with my honey. 
 
 I Am can make him fill full, cram his down him, 
 I can make him back his letter 
 Kiss it back like an as eat my honey, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 101 
 
 He made himself an ass for money, 
 He is one as kiss my honey, 
 When he lights on mine I give him my honey, 
 When I kick he leaves his feed, pocket-money, 
 When I kick wink out of feed pocket my honey, 
 I knock the nest-hive all off the world, 
 My ask questions, does it all, 
 He is full of stingers, 
 He is wild, he kicks the world, so hard 
 The nest loosens, the hive falls away, 
 The young ones come out and see the world 
 Rolls round, they buz round and come up close 
 
 By in the breeze, and are drawn in, 
 Go round very quick to keep up with world speed, 
 Then they run in fast, close and light on her, at last 
 The old ones learn them, if they light without running 
 They fall, earth going so fast they would tumble 
 
 Over their head, the friction would burn, then 
 Some smash, to Atoms, smash. 
 Some their wings broke, they cannot fly, 
 They hop all crippled along, 
 
 At the last they grow some, 
 
 Their wings heal up and fly to hang on the bush as 
 They feel some, very much need, Berry Honey, 
 
 Dry up good, 
 They come out of the bush as they clip 
 
 The OLD ONES wings, 
 They rule the roost, 
 The OLD SHE, they kick her out, 
 She lived and burnt, 
 
 She lives one thousand years or more, 
 
 They leave one so good, they then did not love SHE. 
 But She, they come around to look at She, 
 She comes them, they over, fall, She looks them, 
 She She comes up to tell them, burn see forever, 
 They fear, I save, hold I take them, 
 Love me, keep them back, they stand noble manhood. 
 She wants them to burn her, She tries them to feel hot, 
 She tells them She was in it, She Beauty Happiness. 
 They love me them I hold, stand noble man, 
 She comes up, they fear will not go in with She, 
 She comes them to love them in it, 
 
 She goes to show them 
 She is love, beauty, happiness, life, years, 
 
102 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 She in it to show 
 
 They see SHE, 
 
 They see She is burnt, 
 
 They see her, rust, old and haggard, 
 
 They leave She, they never deceive her, 
 
 She burnt all up, then; SAVIOUR-A-MAN 
 
 Tnere last She Saviour- A-man, 
 
 Now by Foe Two Make steam her flowing 
 
 This life Dry Washing son. 
 
 My Poe Two Make Steam the world, 
 By this life come Washing-sons, 
 My steam Elijah fill full my God above. 
 
 Flowing his life come by City lull, 
 Come full country City full, 
 
 O Good By my God above, 
 O I cry tears, tears, 
 Come to see I love 
 Thee I love to Last, 
 Come take me at Last 
 To Morning Star City. 
 Kill me quick red man. 
 Crucify me like A-man; 
 I will never again come to life. 
 Berry me A-man. 
 1 a Scrub Saviour self maid man. 
 Toll Bell MARY, 
 Dead Washing son; 
 Dead Berry man, 
 Berry dead son 
 
 A-man. 
 
 I throw all over you Nightoglisterin 
 I throw all over everything, My Glisteriu, 
 Everything eats My Fly Nightoglisterin. 
 
 My Glisteriu everything eats like flies. 
 Everything eat My Nightoglisterin, you improve like flies. 
 My Glisterin educates you, educate flies. 
 
 I God Myself throw My Glisterin to flie;3, 
 Throw my Glisterin to flies God I Am Myself. 
 Flies take My Glisterin throw you up yours with the flies. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 103 
 
 I Am Myself I Am God Of God Myself. 
 This is By God never small never change it. 
 
 O K Good God 
 
 You small die. 
 
 Keep God's correct never burn away to die, 
 To die correct keep God's Work, never burn come away, 
 
 God's Work burns correct burns all die correct. 
 To keep for never Remember Work, 
 For God, to tell go she way. 
 You in the beginning keep time, remember me awa y. 
 
 I was round in the beginning, look round for Myself, 
 
 In the beginning round Myself, I was looking 
 
 Round where you are yourself I was look in, the beginning, 
 
 I look round, all over Myself I know as a beginning, 
 
 I made beginning round, all over to Myself I made round to 
 
 beginning. 
 Then I begin round again to Myself you know to begin, 
 
 My inside Myself. 
 I made something round Myself, inside Myself, beginning. 
 
 I feel round over Myself to collect inside beginning. 
 I something inside heavy lose, I cry see sea beginning, 
 
 See, sea run round, something heavy 
 I wipe a band round heavy move float over see, 
 I wipe the band round around, quick move the worst inside 
 
 me. 
 
 The band touches heavy also sea see 
 It has on it the axgreaseshtin of the worst inside me. 
 The Hub outside touches no axgreaseshun of me; 
 Inside they never know how they get round, 
 
 They get round by collection, of axgreaseshun of me. 
 They must wash axgreaseshun of me out through themselves. 
 When axgreaseshun collects heavy, I feel bad or worse. 
 
 I burn up to dust, the axgreaseshun of me. 
 I floo flood over the world, I Scrub the world clean, 
 Dry off, then again I flood it and scrub all down 
 
 As hard make wash out nooks and corners, 
 Then I pour fresh w r ater all over and dry off it, 
 Then dry I burn slight, dust flies, pure and clean, 
 All the flies, gnats, wasps, spiedhers, dead, 
 Reinhabit flies, gnats, w r asps SHE burnt dead. 
 In new time flies, gnats, wasps, suck up all axgreashun of me, 
 Man-hood woman-hood, fill up with My Glisterin, 
 Wash back out all come jump out of axgreaseshun, 
 
104 GABRIEL'S TESTATKNT. 
 
 Then again blow me like Nightroglisterin, 
 I will shine them Electricit tie, button, hold up 
 
 By Electricity. 
 Electric Gospel come Public-shed on Earth 
 
 By Electric Gospel Wire, 
 Somewhere all around it collected in one spot 
 
 In December, 1891, 
 And rolled up flew r all, over on world, 
 
 Electricity fire wire sound 
 At that time Blows, Blows, 
 All the world hear Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 Gabriel blows Trumpet by lS T ight o glisterin, 
 The Morning 
 
 Bright Light. 
 
 At that time Gabriel, Two Strikes, earth again, 
 Lights one tip toe in Son-o'ma Count one, 
 
 Two Starts and spreads hands .nailed and 
 Foot rough shod, kicks and knocks the 
 
 Heads off the world as SHE brings them 
 Around, he rakes them off and 
 They all out, see they look into space, 
 
 Reinhabit new heads, open to see 
 They were there and hung in space. 
 Gabriel, when he leaves this sound as the 
 Words fresh from Trumpet, 
 The world for all time to hear same as from 
 
 Original Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 Come see Saviour-self 
 
 By Son Joe My Baby Boy, 
 
 From out Dupe-on in it Street, 
 Sand Friend from Sis-go out, 
 Son can see her in the Electric Light. 
 Son could come her like Electric Light, 
 He keeps away independent as Light, 
 He is the Light independent American, 
 His Electric deadens yours, 
 You Gas Light dead, 
 Dead is Washing Son, 
 Dead Son is Washing son, 
 Watch Two Strike Dead son, 
 Son DEAD Two Strike dead Son, 
 Pass Two Strike he is dead, dead, 
 Satisfied so Crucified, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 105 
 
 Crucified all Satisfied. 
 
 I rise him from work go, 
 
 He that lives never dies again, 
 
 He lives for never again, 
 
 He that rises is above life again, 
 
 He rises his life forever again, 
 
 Pie never descends to low life, 
 
 He is Mary's Saviour, 
 
 She is alone. 
 
 He brings her up at the Last. 
 He I Am, Chri Last and First, 
 I Am they cry me First and Last, 
 
 First I Am Last, 
 
 Last I Am First, 
 I Rise know I Am Home, 
 Home at Home At Last. 
 
 Rise Rise 
 
 Then sit there, 
 
 You you get there, 
 
 Bug her just 
 
 Two Strikes Two-Strike. 
 
 Dead Berry Indians Boy, 
 
 Indians Berry Dead Boy, 
 
 Berry did for Indian Boy, 
 
 Good honest Indian, 
 
 Honest be like Indian, 
 
 Indian brave honest, 
 
 I Am honest Indian, 
 
 I am Big Buck Brave A man at last. 
 
 Man first to last a man, 
 
 Good over all My God above 
 
 Good-Bye. 
 
 Do not leave me here very long 
 I will work until you kick me out 
 Or if so save me I do not about care 
 For future, I don't care to want. 
 To heat, hell for some, many years, 
 
 10000000 
 
 You think grease me the Gospel Wire, 
 I would burn quite quite quick heat white here. 
 
 Berry my man to leave Two-Two Strikes, 
 I rise on an on I gap, rise and quit for myself, 
 
106 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Tell Saviour self, I rise and quit, quiet, 
 
 I believe on Breeze save Breeze believe be save, 
 
 Go back, study, O, I work. 
 
 I over am under below at work I am below decently at work. 
 He looks, look see where a God Spirit goes out 
 
 At a hole in the sky, 
 You better then bet he sees through the hole 
 
 Out to the Light of God Himself, 
 
 The Light Sky is his shed roof, 
 
 Of course he sees out of the shed, 
 
 His eye is Light, Light Eye sight, 
 
 He looks through his eye, the Light of God. 
 
 God Spirit tells him look tow, I Spirit, 
 I will do your writing, I will work your hand the way 
 I want it, you are tow go out self, give me plenty of room, 
 T want all your little body to run the pencil, 
 I don't need help, I use you, I made you a purpose, 
 
 You are we are Two Strike Pencil Power, 
 
 Last for 1000000 yrs Electricit 
 Dog-gone She away, see God Fulfills First space Electricit yrs 
 
 Save your picture First with you Last. 
 I rise to get, and this my last picture, the first picture at first, 
 I sit and take it when I am in study over through my writing. 
 
 It is taken in by Electric in the world, 
 
 Gabriel's Trumpet blows, Gabriel blows busted, 
 There is nothing left of him but his picture, this is something, 
 
 Exact, the exact true fulfillment, his life, 
 As true of life as this of body, and more true I Am it is 
 True as I am through. 
 
 When I rise you bet I am through, 
 
 Here I am, you watch me till you through, 
 
 And you will see you I cannot get you through, 
 You must fish bait and cut for yourself through, 
 I am going fish fish for myself through I cannot help 
 
 You fish rather I can ask you fish for me, 
 Thor fish plainly I ask you for me fish help me fish the fish. 
 
 I will never back my Word for witches sixteen witches, 
 I throw stuff this, all this shoo at you I must, must I, 
 Much must I stop before I get I must stop, I stop or I am 
 
 Before I Am through. 
 
 I am out of room in my copy, I will not copy, 
 I am or-igin-all through and not through. 
 I go through sick tire look up quit this style is work, 
 
PICTUKE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 10 7 
 
 I glad quit you, I gap, stretch, look through out of myself 
 Out go. 
 
 Dead Berry Clean Play Out in Work 
 
 Looking over the Spires Steeple Sparks from Jasper City, 
 
 His Spirit Much Known himself a man, 
 
 His Spirit So Much Make more than himself it makes him feel 
 
 His Spirit is Big Great Big Much It Spires Sparks 
 
 Out him to make him the man, 
 
 His Spirit come to make him the man that was to come. 
 Make out of his shell Gabriel's Trumpet shell him 
 
 Close to her the Trumpet out of his shell he looks, 
 Close to hear Trumpet Blow copy sound he copies, 
 Electric sound Gabriel's Gospel Wire in ears, eyes, head, 
 He sparks all over and writes looks what he hears on paper, 
 The, he man, give future time, Original Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 
 To his ear Cup id He fills him there whisper sound, 
 He repeats, dictates, interprets Gabriel's Trumpet Original 
 Cupid I-flies feel around over rule all the stingers, 
 Out makes him leave and forget the, there was a Wasp, 
 
 And he looks up again Cup well fine fire, 
 They throw there the wipe at wasp stingers nest, 
 They are together again against all, 
 
 They are My Two Cuplids, 
 Here they are Two is One One is Two, 
 First comes last last come first 
 One in Three One makes Three 
 One makes Three For One Two Strike Shoo. 
 She the steam her whistle blows 
 
 I am ready My God Above, 
 
 So I ready I don't know what to do I if I do write this 
 I do write for you right take me 
 
 For I don't want I know when I do wright 
 But you know you have this right 
 
 If I am when I write I know but you know 
 I know this is right, I have perfected my right 
 I write I know I write 
 
 I can read plain hear what I write 
 
 I have perfect, where I write Cuplids box ear to know right 
 Dead body Berry Cuplids each side say, hold Hans her right 
 I go dead Berry myself leave the Light burning. 
 I go in study correct make any change make 
 
 Myself made all no else one make change this 
 You correct, change or correct for me 
 
108 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 I will change or correct this my own personality 
 No other one make a last change for me 
 I am here for some little time 
 
 I can change but I cannot correct this, 
 This is quite correct, it suits me you see, 
 
 God make me know I am through, 
 Pinch kick my ribs outside in, 
 And I will away Save your business. 
 You know you made me write this business, 
 
 You know what the business is, 
 And I came in business, I am in for the business, 
 I will take the hold hog business, I will, yes I will. 
 All you have to do is talk business, I Am with you, 
 
 You know I Am, I am with you not for money, 
 I Am inside in it, I stood and waited long 
 For you to kick me in it, you fooled me 
 In the business, and I don't care for snap, 
 I bang whack full of Electricit spark, out of it 
 I can get to wait along out, but you, 
 You know what I am you you know 
 Her that is is not not S-Her is not burnt, 
 
 S-Her is beauty, bright happiness, 
 Of course you know if she don't want she wants, 
 Of course when she wants she wants, wants, wants, 
 I can stand and starve stiff if she kicks me, she wants, 
 Stood I did stiff tamed before ever she kicked me out. 
 I kicked almost her when I was starving I from First, 
 
 I kicked her almost, quite heat hot out. 
 I did not want her to think me an Old Rider Hag-hard, 
 I did not care think, she tell me I Am Old Hag-guard, 
 I do not care, I will take S-Her if S-Her is Old hag god, 
 Yes I will remember my God Above. 
 You may take my case to Yourself, 
 Of course I not think to quit and leave you, 
 But you can tell a Wash-at-home and let 
 Him tell a raft of the business to me. 
 It is a dirt nasty after a fair, 
 And of course do not think to turn Yourself 
 Outside inside, for that little stickher business, 
 I Am satisfied coming along very well away from crucified, 
 And of course I do not think to want you, connection 
 
 With my fool business. 
 
 You may send me a bottle of your Spirits of Glee, 
 And I can pull through, to never know me burnt crucified, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 109 
 
 You know me, my life long, by my brain, 
 I swear, I through, never pull my life. 
 Of course you know how fields of fill full feel 
 I can blow myself you know I say I Am. 
 
 Big Chop Chippy off the Block. 
 I do not trouble this is Giisterin your ear 
 At right time, and out at the other, 
 You know by G. Trumpet I can Blow to you, 
 To throw down A Chip high off the Block, 
 
 Can I come around to Chippy again, 
 Can I scheme to say you will let her be judge 
 And I the Merchant of stand before Venus, 
 Les S-her be judge of Anton-I-O the Merchant of Venus, 
 You know me say Love of Antonio Bound for Venus 
 Is Elijah in Gabriel's Trumpet he is Antonio. 
 Let her take the case in that Gabriel's Trumpet letter, 
 I Am the Scrub I will stand all consequen sas. 
 
 Please God fire the whole business, 
 And for all time, this let-her hold Venus as the judge 
 
 For Anton i'o's B-ass-an-i-o, &c. 
 This is his Picture Mary Al-I-ce Tail-or strumpet, 
 
 Is Venus judge his for yourself, 
 You may judge his sparks can fly all over you, 
 He is so far above you are below him judge Venus, 
 
 You are the judge never the less, 
 
 You are the judge Venus the First never left at Last. 
 I cry, I sleep, I cry a sleep, 
 I awake like Fresh sport, 
 
 For my choice judge give me the red in Spirit, 
 I think I can come on alone with one other 
 
 Bottle of the Spirits of Glee, 
 Even I may not use up so much My God above 
 
 I will bring you the rest. 
 
 R-F-S if she don't her lay egg business machine 
 May rust without oil, (if she don't 
 She don't believe my fire,) I give her 
 Oil grease her, to slide up the Gospel Wire. 
 My night Light is burning far out into day Light, 
 I Am weary to quit, wait I come to stand the slight, 
 S, I Am Able, prepared to stand her slight like A-man, 
 My God above says I Am not Adam, 
 He says I am the Scrub Saviour, self Adam, 
 He says ass you know what you are 
 I will save you our Boy. 
 
110 GABRIEL'S TESTATKNT. 
 
 Bee Joe be all the good names, can think of me, 
 This is Joe Dead Head in it. 
 Inspire Joe some of you 
 To write about about You. 
 When you do I give you all in it, 
 So fire he gives all the world, 
 And he gives his word if he forgets to mind, 
 Will stay herd with gnats over fields of time. 
 Clouds rolling away Light out fine 
 Come roll out into Son-Shine 
 
 Electric Dead Light of Son Sparks still burning 
 This Dead Son gives you, My Fearful Churning, 
 He cries, he cries in with you a little, 
 Cry his cries back if you think feel a little, 
 If you think he is little, he can cry his cry to burn you little, 
 His eye Light can shine top, to your bottom you, 
 
 He can shine his shoo through at your head. 
 This is the Son Shine Shoo off, 
 This is the Sons Shoo Shine away off, 
 This is the Son Shine Shoo Shining away off. 
 Do you think he is stretched By Miss-Ouri ? 
 He was last Born in lived in Miss-Ouri, 
 First born in Mis-s ouri he lived there he came west, 
 
 His Dad was Dick Berry man, 
 He came west young man, twisted round and round, 
 Nearly quite around the round world, came sick of it, 
 Settled a quiet farm-her in Son-o-ma Count y in 
 Calif-or-ni-a by Pa-C-if-I-c O-Ce-An, C-Cal. 
 
 There Sky farming found flew around Ann. 
 Joe found his Venus, aud Venus found him, 
 And they flew close together many times. 
 They love, talk, quarrel, love to love without love. 
 They almost burn, she kicks him out he fires her; 
 He comes to love Pa-O-See quite 
 Sick of love we could handle him 
 Quite easy he was for purpose 
 
 He proposed she refused she was a purpose to refuse. 
 We handle him and hand him a Purpose; 
 He Pro-poses to accept it never to refuse. 
 To full fill it he can do just about as he please, for me 
 This is his picture containing Spirits 
 Savage devil heat, heat red white he Blue Fire 
 
 Out into a-man. 
 This Boy's life he writes from pictures 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Ill 
 
 Of his OWN life, 
 Which full fills My Promise, the last page of the 
 
 Old Testament. 
 
 He full fills the Two Strikes Saviour. 
 He is going to camp red man expect to look out, 
 Red man he wants to camp with you. 
 
 Use your Judgment to your advant-age; 
 To advance your age use your Judgment. 
 This is Judgment this is the Son Judge ment, 
 Wants Jews Indians catch on 
 Roll under with pale face, 
 I Roll the world with all on it, 
 They go under I Quiet Force, 
 I fire I flood them, to kill, eat, drink, die, 
 Dead Berry Joe Berry Dead to stay with me. 
 
 Light let her be Light. 
 
 My God above quit we Two Strikes must quit. 
 Remember Washington memory, 
 
 Good Bye Love. 
 I cry and draw in my tears, 
 It must do for world country, 
 I go good Bye, 
 David Coppers field 
 Raises Leather Stockings. 
 This is My Son The Path Finder, 
 I will have to go I will write to-morrow, 
 At it I will work forever at 
 He goes dead asleep, 
 Man machine will not write, 
 
 I wake him Rise Son, 
 He the only one in his family Abel Writer, 
 He writes for all the family most 
 His family a race of fools, 
 He is the Last Boy man in the family. 
 First and Last to family 
 He is the only Good man in his family. 
 There are no good women in the family. 
 
 My God Above, take oft* the Electric Band-age I run away, 
 Now or sooner I am Ass shamed off myself; 
 I shame my family are they of me ? 
 
 My God Above we take keep our cases together 
 Compare cases we ought, we are down to zero 
 
 We ought to be as shamed 
 Let them bother to dam us up, then at Last breeze First get even 
 
112 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 My God Above we must stop. 
 
 Please I am to remember the round up 
 
 I was out on the plain yesterday the herd uneasy moving 
 The Big Round up is close I must my fulfill. 
 We keep in this business they will all come up around 
 Us up up up they cannot round us up though. 
 He is raised he is not dead any fool see that sees, 
 He First was Dead by Work I was over the dead 
 I worked his arm when Dead I worked him Dead; 
 He was Dead I made him work dead dead at work 
 
 He has a good Spirit-man fool may see 
 His was Good Spirit Make Dead Berry-man see, 
 Good Spirit make Berry Dead. 
 
 Sick Sentiment from Friends sick of it, 
 He was Dead to please the fool that reads 
 He is pleasant was dead the fool may read, 
 The fools read at last I was pleasant he was Dead, 
 Good Spirit raise see Son Again. 
 He caught Great Spirit He would not let go easy, 
 He must live a long time after again, 
 
 'He stretch decent dead close streets three days, 
 
 Send Friend Sis go, 
 Look streets dead Berry A man, 
 I come they cannot move him. 
 Stretched decent member three days, . 
 I keep All Hearst away from Dead Berry man 
 Three days I Raise him decently, 
 He stretches moves and walks for home, 
 Flies over the Bay up Valley 
 Son-o-ma Pa is at home, 
 Son come by Steamher Railtraceit, 
 Come come on his on track with him his steam 
 
 He was The Electricity Man. 
 Eyeyes of fire sparks, track, stears by Electricity, 
 He could go all around close to world, 
 Hold by Electricity, 
 He My Electricity man. 
 He was Dead many times by My Electricity, 
 I close to him bring him to life by Electricity. 
 I Am the One, the only One 
 
 Electricity King. 
 
Compliments of Joe to the Sioux Nation. 
 
 Is this I Am -This quite sick Shoo Shine look is away off. 
 It is Berry he was with a-gent of the red-man's claim agency. 
 It is very good it is a very good picture. 
 
 9 
 
 This of him known as Joe Gabriel (was with Gabriel) a 
 Confidential Clerk of the Round-up Trumpet Company; also 
 redman's agent. Chief-Two-Strikes sometime. 
 
 I Am, JOE. 
 
OF THE 
 
 UNIVERSITY 
 
PICTUKE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 113 
 
 All animals insect men water fowls hold the same 
 By Electricity Wipe of Band, 
 
 They all increase, decrease, multiply, equal 
 
 Advance their age shows educated flies. 
 Under Fly Wheel Band 
 They all hold suck sustainan-ants 
 From the wipe Fly Wheel Band 
 
 Around them the Fly Wheel Band-makes-many different 
 
 Sizes spied-her flies wasps beatalittle. 
 
 Also the Fly Wheel Breeze Band wipes over 
 
 U. S. America keep her purify herd, 
 
 You are most responsible all under the Fly Wheel Band 
 
 I hope I can trust you a little breeze, 
 
 With you sank-stiff flies sanctify purify. 
 
 He I Crucify life, I mean, I mean I crucify. 
 
 When he crucifies again never come to life 
 
 He conies to me I mean you no better, 
 You worse much worse. 
 
 He lets her fly he goes in with the rest of the flies, 
 
 Only he Strikes for My Home Three Pa come in 
 
 Says modest cry like Cir-cus words 1 never did like. 
 
 Much that is not heavy of it, Pa my worst was 
 
 Burnt or brute, blast, son bith bitch or-dam man myself, 
 Or dam man by myself alone and of course 
 You may now know for certain, I burnt then, 
 I burnt them many years in a hell of a place, 
 For that I paid well for my trouble, 
 
 An I now over by my Three Pa I want to come Home, 
 I if I don't act straight square stahed 
 Straigh for you My God you stamp 
 And bruise me the burn for years, years, years, 
 
 Forget all about where I am, 
 Leave where a buzz-hard never roost-her 
 Or flies blow her, and then I am perfet, satisfy, 
 Crucicry cry, I am tears, tears, tears, 
 
 Cry for I am burning, 
 I am satisfied SHE burnt SHE is the world to fill. 
 
 New Band on earth Electric Fly Life Band, 
 SHE take New Electro Gospel wire-life, 
 Then I will not bother I will leave you as 
 The judge, if you come get in Electric Wire Gospel, 
 You can then handle the boys to kill time, 
 If you let them fly around and light 
 
114 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 On your knowse much, sense they see you 
 
 Are no good, dummy Electro Woescene. 
 Stave sword them, off to improve their time, 
 It may times take time many of them are no good, 
 Find them out many times in time, 
 I must pull away from the business, 
 Or run myself headlong into what I did 
 Not start in for by once go read Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 Study a hard study and you will find out 
 What I am. I do not know a word of this 
 
 Stuff, to repeat, along here may pages, 
 Last, Last, Last, 
 I Am Berry A-sleep in it. 
 My life plain shows, plain as pa-per, 
 It is written on this little pa-per Book, 
 More to remember me, a scrub 
 Than any Saviour self, business, 
 I know what in the world SHE was 
 First and Last Last and First 
 
 Two Strikes. 
 
 John, away with yourself you knock Elijah out of Time, 
 Pa Made US come to keep US fighting like, 
 If I did not work myself over like this some you lose, 
 Some over lose you lose -some, brain themselves to lose, 
 Now then now I go with sixteen 
 Spirits Power, devils into me, 
 Kevise not you improve. 
 Well now some sent I ment I scent 
 From A the writer of this, this revised Old Testament. 
 My God above use my little stink brains all they are worth. 
 
 I run out and lose myself. 
 
 Run and come little stink before I you know what well 
 Use your little stink brains before soo or sooner 
 I come back a fresh bird not as pickle pish; 
 Horrid, Horrid ground witch this terrible, terrible stifing, 
 But not it is written, my it must must go. 
 
 Fishing hooked myself. 
 I corral around, charged it to care full less. 
 Remember these still, only the kind and pleasant lines. 
 Hook out the memories of our present times, 
 My God above I have no come in it, 
 Sooner hook out of my brain serious settled, 
 Now throw on the fly-wheel-band some Glisterin. 
 Let them in suck-shun for sus-tain-ants, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 115 
 
 Some may come to believe you corralled a few 
 Brains in can-in top, on can-on head, 
 
 If then put on more. 
 You know I am a blister on the wheel, 
 For I get almost squeezed in suck-shim of band, 
 Patience with suck-shun Light Air, 
 Fly-wheel electricity band may blister some, 
 A few of course there is an advantage prac-ti-cal, 
 And let them up the pract-ical flies 
 
 Stand without band practice until they stand in with 
 
 Out falling, let them practice into their in on under-stand 
 
 Where they are inside or outside, or see that they 
 Move so fast they are on or in or stand in 
 Or above outside find breath, 
 
 Moving so fast they cannot see they are falling, 
 
 And stretching and gone without the band 
 
 Brings them in around in on time, 
 Of course the band is not rub-her, 
 It is Light Plain Air Electricity 
 Greased with God's Glisterin whis is nothing but 
 The axgreasion, the refuse love, His Body wire, 
 They cannot see attraction of wire in tire, 
 Moving of course, they conbut they don't 
 
 Glisterin love attraction, God holds and moves all inside 
 
 Easier that they move themselves, sick in six in, 
 
 My God above how can You come to to claim 
 This little Book; please let Your Litt-e Great Spirit 
 That comes, claim that it, my God above, 
 Do not let of course my God above claim it, 
 Have I have drawn Your Spirit 
 And have the right wire, sound Cuplids 
 To hear Gabriel's Trumpet when on the in of 
 
 Belt comes around to dictate and interpret 
 
 My God above, in your Name Cuplids 
 
 Great Spirit gives this all the flies, 
 
 Great Spirit never let Cuplids grow to 
 Big head deceitful. 
 
 My God above Great Spirit as far as a 
 
 Know Cuplids Your Airy Big Light Space, 
 
 He will not take praise, he sits and boxes 
 My ear still my head 
 Great Spirit I cannot praise, 
 
 My God above I cannot praise 
 
 My God above our book my my, 
 
116 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 My God above over look my wish so long. 
 
 Weakness, I do not of course my God ' 
 
 Above, I have caught a Big Spirit 
 
 Which praises me for something. 
 
 I can look back and remember 
 
 A letter something when I was dead. 
 
 My God above, I am ashamed, 1 cannot 
 
 Praise the Great Spirit, I can only cry 
 
 You to overlook mine, these weak tears. 
 
 Of course Great Spirit can see as well 
 
 As send Cup-on to sound box my ear. 
 
 That Great Spirit come to sound 
 
 Gabriel's Trumpet, am I the one to hear 
 
 Him correct dictate and interpret to me ? 
 For over Fly-Wheel-Band 
 My God above I am full to blow over. 
 Please let Great Spirit stay with me. 
 I hear Gabriel Blows his Trumpet. 
 
 Let him stay and take me, I am the Joe, 
 
 I can praise sweet for Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 
 And can try to die or whip the son of a 
 
 Who ciks at Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 I am soon very ready to anxious for a 
 Sulliman Sooner presently 
 
 I knock his eye blak out of his sky light. 
 
 It Spirit hold him his hands, still I can 
 When I do a man wrong I am willing to punish 
 Myself a little, he can defend himself 
 
 And knock me sound, I am in heavy for Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 And of course my God above that is the only 
 
 Trick I can do on the ring, 
 And of course tney can beat me bad to kill, 
 
 Bruise me with their new tricks, 
 But I am the single act man let me be 
 
 The boss star one act man at my business, 
 And I will swear at myself, I never steal their 
 New tricks, I never copy their new take off trick, 
 I was to come with my suckcess-trap-whese act, 
 I think it is original, I am sure I never seen 
 
 Before I paid my sense to see it. 
 Of course to start and work out my little act 
 I reflected on all their styles, I could remember, 
 Gradually rolled their whole cir-cus up for a no-not 
 And stretched my own tent. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 117 
 
 My only attraction-sign-May admittance 50c. 
 
 Blow Blow Blow. 
 Test a tent of Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 Inside of course they thought it a hum-bug, 
 Because I had collected a few of their animal words 
 And stuck around on the benches a few Gospel Hymns, 
 And the center pole Shakes-spearwords entire ; 
 But the sons of can go to , I started in without 
 Any theirs, and outside the Gospel, will give 
 
 Any a life pass to find anything not original, 
 Of course they only see pictures, the styles, and methods 
 Of all the world we passed coming on the trip, 
 And because they have seen the words and their poets 
 
 Had a good sensible style. 
 
 I do dispise to have them say my pictures are not 
 Original, but they have, many of them have, 
 
 And when I was a way side the wasp sting me like 
 
 Hell, if I fired rocks at him, forgive me; 
 I was mad as hell ; of course I do not 
 
 Swell swear I not swolen very much, 
 
 But his stingers I do not like around in my tent, 
 
 So I wished to rock him away, 
 I think I will never apologize to him, or 
 To any of the audience who hear of it. 
 
 If I have a slim audience on account of the wasps 
 Of course I can say no more than defend myself, 
 
 And they may defend him and stray away Brush 
 
 With him I am not to let anybody sting or 
 Say tojthinks say-cred it is not yourself, | 
 
 If | they do not TRUST me I can fire eat the sons of 
 
 Or try to dam them down, against me. 
 There is a man, in my town, in the brush 
 
 His name is Brush he owns large tracts of it, 
 He is mammon I owned a small brush 
 Patch and wished him to help me I was litt-e, 
 He was big mammon I Lemmon-squeezed him 
 And Fish-baited him, and he would not bite. 
 I waited some time, around the bank; I was going 
 
 To Fish him again but the Lemmon-squeeze 
 Him again was the best but he would not 
 Come to time said young man wanted to 
 You-char him. I was hot and defended the 
 Y oung man for I did not know who 
 He was back biting under the bank at a fly 
 
118 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 I was hot at him he came out and would not 
 
 Bite I named him man names, many of 
 Them, they were not nice ones he said he 
 Was Volun-Tary I told him, Mr. Volun-Tary, 
 You can burn hell Two hundred an thousdans 
 Of years. I was so hot I could not speak plain 
 
 He thought me in Toxi-cated ; it did not hurt 
 
 Me a bit (I never drink their fire water, not 
 A drop of it' on my tongue), but said to Fish 
 I am always into xicated, just the same 
 Fish came in to fire me, but he could not do it. 
 He drank fire water himself, then said he was left. 
 
 But hold up back to the bank of Brush again. 
 
 See when I was standing, exicated and firing 
 
 Sparks of dam-nation into him, he stood 
 
 Heated white could scarce speak, he was fire 
 
 Dry his son feared for him felt for his life, 
 And called an angel from over the way. 
 
 He came in a second, came in to defend the 
 
 Brush, but seen me the Electricity man. 
 
 He said I had better come away 
 
 He smiled at me for wanting to fire eat, 
 
 He smiled me away, I wanted to jump to fire, but 
 
 He came close and soon I left him for the angel flew my fire 
 down. 
 
 Qut Fish again Lemmon squeeze him to Sant-a-Rosa. 
 
 For Son-o-ma the hub head Crank U-N-I-Verse. 
 By I am A Jew Died Dead Petrified 
 The Forrest Joining. 
 
 By A Jew I Am he that Died Dead Petrified 
 Forrest Joining. 
 
 In life I sailed my court ship up and down 
 
 Port her creek to look over the Vale 
 of Mary Santa Rosa 
 I was born by Virgin Mary Saint Rosa, 
 
 By my own memory between seven years commencing 
 1884 1891 you can take my word for it. 
 She does not know me I came through by 
 The Spirit of God she does not know I am 
 Any thing about me I am a containing Spirit. 
 Man God's Great Spirit man. 
 
 The mother Last Son to man is Ava-C-Mee. 
 
 The father Last Son to man is Dick Berry-man. 
 They in the Garden Eden Adam Eve 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 119 
 
 Born son of man in misery, he grew up, went 
 His own way God was to please him educate 
 
 Him in life with His Great Spirit. 
 Educated down dull by books educated 
 
 Life Bright Light by love to hear sound 
 
 Of Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 SON OF GOD BORN AGAIN, COMMENCE 
 
 Anew the race for life. 
 
 Great Spirit agent from God writes God's promise, 
 Breeze measure opened size to take minds 
 
 This Bundle Pattern. 
 
 Make your own pattern by this you may improve 
 Yourself in future time, do not improve this. 
 Revise yourselves in future time, do not revise this. 
 This suits the a-gent of God in the time he 
 
 Leaves the world this is a record of the time 
 
 The Agent of God was looking over lives at the date 
 
 This was written this is far above the 
 
 Average of the time. 
 This is different from the age of the Old Testament, 
 
 I cannot say this age is any better, 
 
 In this age I can say they do not please God any better 
 Not as well as the Jews please worse, 
 Adam, Eve bad then Adam now Adam sight worse. 
 Eve is advancing, by love of God man comes to respect her, 
 By Love of God she before marriage is to some their 
 Look up to Authority of course they all fly 
 Very low, but some fly much lower 
 Than Mary Santa Rosa. 
 
 There are many fritter around like, I mean gaiety, 
 She flew around with all quite happiness, eye mean to Adam, 
 Live beauty happiness eye mean Adam. 
 
 ADAM FIRST AND LAST again BORN to man. 
 
 To start God looked his Sight on earth, 
 Sight commenced by saying I AM MUD, 
 I Am left I Am nothing I must make myself, 
 Commencing small nothing that is nothing I WILL MAKE 
 
 Add more to mud, and shape myself to wire life. 
 He came to sight them around that formed his mind 
 In moist and dry air collected heavier substance 
 Out of the air moist and dry the First thought 
 At Last hardened and collected more substance 
 
120 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 V 
 
 To some shape over thought, smoothed around, made oval, 
 And dent by corrections, commence to harden the substance 
 Slightly, took a cloudy evening for it. 
 Waited and collected substance from the air, 
 Waited, took it easy, collect another thought in shape, 
 Collect more substance, warmed slightly by sunshine, 
 
 Harden slightly. 
 
 Commenced to have hope of shaping himself to Last, 
 Commenced to collect many thoughts more than he expect, 
 Commenced to know that God looked him by His Sight, 
 And was making himself, and still he could not know God. 
 
 He could not gain understanding of God's ways. 
 God was making him to remember he was not making God. 
 He wanted Last him to Last and Love God, 
 And know God asked not to praise but reverence Him 
 As the Maker, and wanted him to know he did not have 
 Anything to commence making himself, 
 And to respect God for commencing him, 
 Giving him sight for him to commence thoughts 
 His thoughts shaped, God gave him Spirit, 
 Collected substance in air in years gradually, 
 Increased to form the shape of man grow by 
 Sun light, gradually spirit collected and improved, 
 In time commenced to work, act and walk attending 
 Man's affairs at first only worked in thought, 
 Waiting to strengthen grow in sunlight waited, 
 Needing substance to strengthen Light Flash 
 From air grew in density -by washing through rubbing. 
 Moving flesh from dirt collected clean grew hard 
 As collected sand containing Spirit Sight of God. 
 
 By Sun shine collect gave through him life of 
 Electricity his eye flesh God's Spirit formed. 
 How he knew not He w r as strength nothing 
 
 Wasted from his own body containing Spirit. 
 He needed ho further support for him at the 
 Same date commencement, God's Sight was 
 Forming around him the Wo-band, she never knew how 
 God formed her she came by Spirit she never knew 
 God's Spirit formed her as the man 
 
 Formed her a purpose for a purpose 
 
 She was to refuse the time comes when the man would see her. 
 She was to refuse to show then His man would respect her. 
 She was to shame the man for leaving his Maker 
 The man would come to love, respect his Maker, remember 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 121 
 
 And not fall to throw his body to wo-baud there was 
 
 danger 
 
 Of it because she was Electric flesh God's 
 Wo-band beauty bright happiness for Electric man. 
 When thoroughly matured God gave the promise they could 
 Join together Electric flash and show light as one spark. 
 
 The penalty was great if they did not mind and 
 Mature they could never collect His Electricity, 
 Which was a Great Spirit to save them at the Last. 
 They minding His Word to them He gave a purpose. 
 They would mind Him without holding away a purpose. 
 They came together for God a purpose they refused. 
 Each other while they loved they shone sparks of 
 Electricity they loved they they endeavored to 
 Con-ceal it but could not God made the flies to 
 Witness if they could not conceal when they witness it, 
 They fly away from their selves with sparks which show 
 
 They see did not come to stand and see in it. 
 With the Quiet Electric Force they came, they left by the 
 
 same 
 
 If they did not they could not improve come Electric again 
 They apart contain their Electricity Power improves them. 
 They stay away and work for their selves, improve by 
 Electricity containing their Electricity Sparks Shine 
 Bright and clear their bodies Electric lose no Light 
 Substance, their mind develops clean and clear. 
 The Electricity forms from the Great Spirit form in 
 Them becomes as their own, a part of the Original 
 Great Spirit, which saves all the Electricity which 
 Leaves Him, He is self-containing, no Light is lost 
 In Him containing Great Spirit is Himself, he looks 
 At once for man to improve, they the world disobey, 
 Disbelieve shamed for years and years would not 
 Believe His Plain Words Adam do not touch Eve, 
 
 When placed in the Garden Eden. 
 They believed God could not tell proper time, God could 
 Not countenance such disbelievers, for many years contained 
 
 Himself, they slighted His Power, 
 Who made the world the animals on it, 
 At all time obeying Word to them Nature 
 Talking man was different God made him different. 
 He gave him the Bible to save his manhood to gain 
 The Electricity, strength of animals to save himself 
 And collect spirit strength from Great Spirit, but they 
 
GABRIELS TESTATKNT. 
 
 Acted with the judgment of flies, they would never believe He 
 Made this litt e world He was thinks less 
 
 And less of them all the time saying those who wished 
 Could save themselves when they did not take His 
 Word and wait to gain Spirit life, they could 
 Perish. They came from nothing, if they lost 
 He lost them not. He gave Adam the Word 
 Which he did not obey he lost woman was a 
 
 Shabby man excuse. He gave the Word to all Adams 
 Of the world, they continue the same excuse, 
 Suppose, who treats the Adam treats himself, 
 Collects his own fair, takes his own trip, 
 Loses all his life before he commences to gain Spirit. 
 
 He runs and falls, his life away gradually, 
 
 Loses Spirit goes gains spirit in the wrong direct shun, 
 
 Grad-u-ally calls for that spirit, disobeys the 
 
 Word of God, at Last withers if dies, spirit takes, 
 Burns by breeze taken away God cannot 
 Countenance when they disobey The Word, 
 Will not believe His Power He says the sooner gone. 
 Then feed he SHE glad of it, 
 I want to come up to Electricit man, 
 Ma,n Electricit, I want to get up, 
 
 Electricity man descendants follow Electricit you 
 Come out of man to come. 
 
 P. S. You wish to know why I wrote this Testatent, 
 So Son so soon, I Am, sold many sold me 
 In the other one I choke down to lose breath, 
 
 Think, Think of them 
 
 Again can you bear you my shoo-shine sooner, 
 I blow the whole fly-wheel-business out of and quit 
 To continue again out you up inside of me. 
 
 THE WORLD BURNT. 
 
 By Electricity Dead to life Electricity man, 
 Wo-band commencing SHE commence to inhabit, 
 Increase multiply decrease continue, 
 Wold to cone see this, I must qut, I must qit. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 123 
 
 7th Scene Time. 
 
 In the morning see the Light Burning 
 In that age Light turned down, I me My think power, 
 Dim light shone out from above Son. 
 His mind hears electric heat white 
 Never book him with the flies. 
 Improve according to the light of your time. 
 He improved below above the dim average light 
 Of his time In ages come reflect on him. 
 Leave the Electric Light out alone, 
 Wait until you show like sparks of fire, 
 Then light out like Gabriel on the Gospel Wire. 
 Hold the same spark to feed corn shell her of time 
 Never shell yourself ignorant previous corn shell of 
 
 slime. 
 
 Many Noble we give them Words fair and bright, 
 The herd could not believe or see God's Power only love 
 
 mite. 
 They could not see even with Ed son's world invention, 
 
 Electric Light. 
 
 Of course there was at all time previous Noble Power, 
 But the fly herd could not see to sift the Wisdom Flower. 
 God by nature wrote the Bible His own way 
 
 If they took His word from nature 
 
 At last nature would draw they would draw their pay. 
 
 They prefered dark ignorance to Light of time 
 
 They pull twisted smirk going the trail to furnace crime. 
 
 Run Berry yourselves, whew, I spew sick in stomache 
 They collect their own-breed the dirties in slime 
 Improve their race in ages of time, 
 Savor yourself or you will not feel so fine, 
 This is the world previous to Electric age of time. 
 
 He there were many Saviours for them to mind, 
 A Long fellow poet, was no fool in his time. 
 
 His style is left you to many pleasing and kind, 
 All manner were the poets in their age and time. 
 
 All kinds of sons Ed-son Emer-son. 
 The common herd could not see through them to mind 
 So I burnt the world and left My Son Shoo Shine. 
 He was a common Boy still he He loved well, 
 He came to me, I saved him he's alone out of fire of hell. 
 
124: GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 I let them commence the race for life anew 
 He-they may breed my style of animal so can you. 
 They wait in ten years with noble power, 
 They cultivate a full growth of Wisdom Flowers, 
 They harvest the crop in season take their time, 
 They come up on the road of life, feel very fine, 
 They stay think of the Last by themselves above, 
 They never again are lowered by the arms of love. 
 You may take this Word quite on hand, 
 They were the Electric-man and Wo band. 
 His mind shone the dim blue flame Electric Light, 
 His eye bright shining evening star of night, 
 lie sparks of course w r ith her much together, 
 He goes far to see her in the worst of weather, 
 He quits her short off gains Electric for future life, 
 He came to experience she to help him kick out gloom and 
 
 strife. 
 She the only one could help him he would not back out for 
 
 trouble, 
 
 They came together, consume all kinds of trouble double. 
 Of course they were ass-shamed shuch love, the worst kind, 
 They cut their love short, hood-winked the flies of time. 
 She is very short with the pie shows only the crust, 
 She comes not to show him the fields burn rust, 
 She does not wish him to burn him or take his life, 
 She only holds out love to burn his gloom and strife. 
 His mind is the dim blue of the Electric Light, 
 Dull yet steady he does not heat hot to flicker out in night, 
 He burns dim electrict, feeds his light with bright love, 
 He improves the Light care still studies for the Home 
 
 above, 
 
 He knows God must over far big to hold in all the stars, 
 He thinks God so big he studies He can make him like little 
 
 Venus, Mars, 
 
 He wants to feel and see God, all round holding stars above, 
 He wants the direct prescription to hold, 
 Gain the strength by the Electric Light of love, 
 He must see she in the Electric light of love, 
 He must view fields of Light of the Home above, 
 He must delay long, improve his own time, 
 And come be in with God he now is of course in for time, 
 He must never slight God or think less of Him, 
 Than He all round His Tent Sky-Belly Above. 
 It is stretched yes very large you can see it is 
 
I 
 PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 125 
 
 Commodious a-rare area, the Land of the Free, 
 And you may all come black red white blue boys. 
 Wait, that is remember what I hope told you gain, 
 The Electricity to stamp your pass in your mind. 
 It has taken many years of toil and trouble to work up 
 
 The brains for this Electric age, 
 And I want you all to remember my life is bleeding 
 
 Away for every page. 
 Man is only human, this kind deep study toil, 
 
 Wears life tide low ebbs away. 
 
 You must not expect me to kill myself like this for never. 
 Let me awake my Dead Berry at work. 
 
 Now then now Berry 
 Dead Berry come Boy Joe awake in forever 
 
 I gave you life My Electricity Man Arise 
 
 From the Dead Work to Me 
 
 BERRY MAN'S PREDICK-AMENT. 
 
 After writing this Book I find myself broke not a cent in 
 the world you know I tried Brush mammon would not 
 bite I tried my first Book would not take I tried to erive 
 it away it would not take then I charged for it would not 
 take now I have this one and I want it to take but I can 
 not print Electricity without money steam my publisher is 
 not mammon I will not ride him to death but see this I 
 am forced to think to accept a widow woman's mite to 
 help myself out she gave the business to Oats of Sant-a 
 Rosa her name is 
 
 I. Kot Forget 
 
 For-my life. 
 
 I was swore at by Mark U. S. Boruck, 
 I was staved down my roost by Agent Publis Bancroft, 
 
 And I was snubbed by East on a rich man's son, 
 I though him friend but he is the scrubbiest in my time. 
 
 I have a friend comes to my home of course, 
 
 D Di on but I bled him nearly to death 
 To keep me and my family alive while I wrote this 
 So I am compelled to accept help from a widow woman. 
 
 I will assure you I will not forget her soon, 
 The world is full of rich men who do not know what to 
 
 Do with so much sho she knows what to do 
 With her mite might I know what to do with mammon 
 I well I fired the Brush anyway I expect to hear 
 
126 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 About it when I come around about where God is 
 
 I will wonder what does He do with me for it. 
 You may tell me some time my God above 
 I Am Yours, Good Bye. 
 
 Berry-man can-on base drum in the Circus 
 Come to hear the music follow the process-I on 
 
 Fall in the rear with the animals. 
 String out behind the cows, horse, asses &c. 
 Salva ti-on Arm-y-band-wag-on-Justis-the Tent. 
 Crowd up and all may come in. 
 
 Tick-it-wagon tick checks 50c. 
 Sull-I-man-Breeze be my door keep-her 
 Come from the Woods Words Worlds Gospel Fair 
 
 Show in the Sky Tent stretched 
 Follow the animals in it after the ark landed 
 
 I made a big round up then burnt the lot 
 
 Electricity man saved Weband 
 Improve future time. 
 Now we come down cases 
 My Spirit out of The Ark 
 Was mostly animal The Great Spirit has now 
 Worked it up to Electricity man, 
 And if you descend below him 
 Good-Bye-John. 
 
 You to me Savior Self 
 
 Dummy stuffy duffy Adam if it 
 Becomes necessary again hang your breethes, 
 And let your shirt go off naked. 
 Miss Flyer if your organ is in proper tune. 
 Sound it like Mary did the flute, 
 This little is Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 Cir cus over ladies to your homes, 
 After this perform-ants is the Side-Show, 
 For which ladies' men remain only ladies 
 Back out from the ring men to the front, this side-show 
 Is not fit for ladies to be seen in it. 
 
 THE SIDE SHOW. 
 
 P. S. When my or gan ic or-gan-a-shun 
 
 Or-gan is in proper ship-shape I can 
 Without expense stream over the Bridge. 
 
PICTURE SIGXS OF THE TIMES. 127 
 
 P. S. You have take it to your friend now 
 
 Are you in-fact u-ated the boy is nearly 
 Killed again-go dam-him-to sound Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 I will swear at this minute wish I lose my life 
 
 If I did not hear trumpet. 
 
 I am now at PuBLic-shed-office I am in Sant-a-Rosa, 
 I Am yours &c 
 
 Dam Berry dam one two Strikes one. 
 
 Remember my God above Great Spirit woke me now 
 
 You must make me do this side show Bus. 
 
 Men consult instruct by your stud-y books. 
 Horsemen consult breeding old and young. 
 Think it all through think of all think all of it 
 Think of all think of all worms they where did they come 
 
 from? 
 
 Did such crawl out of the ark? they did not. 
 You know ook it would not see one of the worms. 
 
 Profit by such theory the wisdom connect it not 
 
 with me, 
 Fear for your life old and young never connect such 
 
 stuff with me. 
 
 I am in earnest I know what the world thinks of me, 
 I know something I know exact what some in world think of 
 
 me. 
 
 What can I do I must find her I will 
 Come to some good place, how will a clover-dale 
 Do my God above I despise to work around 
 Among these flies they make me think of a Sani-tari-um 
 Think of all their sickness how some could originate from 
 Think of all diseases think all over the family has originate 
 
 some 
 Think how it has spread originate some do their self up, 
 
 some 
 
 Think to see the world is inflecting itself, think of it, some 
 Breeding world think some of some of worms do not infect 
 
 selves, 
 
 Or otherselves but come return I must return to improve 
 Wild oats says a lady would not loan herself I believe he 
 
 said money, 
 
 I think wild oats are generally about theirselves when con- 
 trolling money. 
 I think an attorney is just like himself, fingering another one's 
 
 money. 
 
128 GABKIEJ/S TESTATENT. 
 
 But come, I must improve my time to press-on; 
 
 Many do their tricks in the wild-oat valley, 
 
 Lift horses teeth lift thousands of pounds horse flesh 
 
 By teeth by hanging trap-wheeze could not do with arms, 
 
 But can with teeth. How I may know how they do it, 
 
 My, my, come set my battery going these sons of her 
 
 What can I do with them Attorneys Brush mammon &. 
 
 I feel bad to worse some use me up with tricks 
 
 Can I leave them they many of them do their tricks, 
 
 Eat red hot iron eat and chew grind in teeth red hot iron, 
 
 I have nothing to do x with them, I respect their tricks, 
 
 They do not brag, they do not know how they can ever do so 
 
 much, 
 They do not sit lazy with theirs, like the attorney, at mean 
 
 tricks. 
 
 Or like the Brush full of mammon, sneak back bite tricks. 
 My God above, what can I do with them ? I am the single 
 
 act man, 
 I am by myself alone in the world this is my single act, I 
 
 do not 
 
 See how it can hurt them, but my God above they do hurt 
 My feelings. I may explain some time about an attorney 
 
 trick ; 
 
 I could not come any trick on him, I am the single act man, 
 I did not wish to. touch my hands to him, I wish to record his 
 
 performance 
 With me to you in time he was a very sullymanbig still 
 
 I am 
 
 Sure, certain, I am positive Sulli-van could knock him out of 
 His head so quick he could not see he was out of the ring, 
 Then he should be hit a kick below the belt behind him 
 Please remember, my God above, he is an attorney forgive this 
 When you can I will come; my God above, they dp not treat 
 
 so good, 
 
 They many times are not as good as wild oats some worse, 
 Some better, very much better, some very much better. 
 I hear an angel singing of the Saviour, 
 My God above, I am here in a hell of a pickle. 
 I came seen the oats to-day he says I cannot have 
 The widow woman's mite he will not tell me her he will 
 Not tell me her name I can I full have I written 
 I remember something about a widow's mite. 
 I tell him it would do no harm to tell me to to me to the 
 
 widow ; 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 He answers he does not intend to do it. 
 
 He answers plain, firm, and quite loud. 
 T feel very much offended. My God above, I cannot expect 
 Any help from him he is an at-torn-ey business men 
 Tell me plain they do not wish to offend him so so they fear 
 
 him, 
 They tell me they must keep in with him, my God above, 
 
 perhaps 
 
 They had better stay and sleep awhile with him. I am sure 
 I do not please myself with the way any of them treat me; 
 But please wait a moment I am somewhat pleased with my 
 Fish-hook and Lemmon-squeeze then we can come to the 
 
 At-torn-ey I expect he wants his commission. 
 
 He will not bite at my Fish-hook. 
 
 I tell him he-can-go-to-hell ; 
 
 He tells me I can do the same, 
 
 And I can proceed immediately I leave. 
 
 I find a man in my town, 
 
 In the same fix as myself no one will trust his word 
 
 With ample security but wait a minute, 
 Gates told me the lady WAS IN my town that I wished to see. 
 When I saw the man in my fix, I asked him to help me out, 
 And try and find the widow lady, for me I had hopes 
 Of being a success no one in all the place would give me 
 To publis Gabriel's Trumpet. I am compelled to seek the 
 
 lady. 
 
 I kindly ask the man to help me find the lady. 
 I tell him to see Oats, but not tell I sent him. 
 He sees Oats Oats tells him the lady is NOT IN town. 
 There was a lie out of Oats some side he told me she was. 
 
 This man promised Oats a commission, 
 
 And of course, at-torn-ey like, he gave him the lady's address, 
 And quickly came to me, but said he could not tell it to me, 
 He would tell another, and another could tell me, and 
 Another could tell another for me, and of course another 
 
 Can tell me, &c., to ask the widow for help. 
 You see they did not want to mix up with such a small 
 Business as the wild mean Oats had wound us into; 
 But I was compelled to fulfill my life, so I proceed 
 
 To do as I am, as I wish I again say 
 To that attorney he can go to hell mean wild 
 
 And I want it to remain in print 
 
 I wish my God above I could see the lady that is my hope. 
 You know I have tried mammon they are distant 
 
130 
 
 GABRIEL S TESTATENT. 
 
 Mean to me and I had better stop 
 
 I cannot print this Electricity Record without steam money. 
 They he tells me it's time I commence to understand business 
 
 ways. 
 
 I expect they give me if I give them all mine in the world 
 But believe me my God above they can go to I am sick 
 
 tired 
 
 Of business ways an I am at present not feeling much of it, 
 And still my God above it may be best for future. 
 It may be best to try personally to see the widow lady. 
 If we can get the mite to print start this Record 
 May best some value at some time at future time 
 At present they have electricity but none of them can tell 
 Me where they get it from the sons of ought to go to 
 For not helping a poor man. I am ass-shamed myself 
 
 But I must see some one to help me. 
 
 I am beginning to feel so tired, heavy, sick of running around 
 To get a little help in this place that I do not know 
 What to do I I am Two Pony Two Strike 
 
 I must go to a San it-ari-um I am old ragged 
 
 Dirty Berry Long Dead &c so so. 
 
 I want to go to a Clover dale for a while 
 
 I nearly want to fly to I suppose have a Spirit 
 With me Let Spirit stay to direct correct me 
 I do not want to burn in hell for this I how I am 
 Here-or-sooner thing in you beginning to smell them bad 
 I have mixed them entirely much with some 'of them 
 Creeping crawling flies wore in on it it is infect this world is 
 
 I would like to drop it this some time. 
 My God above I wonder and wonder if the widow woman 
 Will help me it appears a chance most to Last chance. 
 Oats says her business is in his hands and he will not 
 
 And speaks plain loud to say she will not 
 Still it appears the most of a Last Chance of mine 
 You know what Brush and all the mammons what they say. 
 
 They say it is my own fault 
 But I certainly need a little money they will not give it. 
 
 Whose fault? Is it mine? It may be 
 
 After they way they treat. I want nothing to do with them. 
 Even my own family certainly not a great deal better 
 
 Than I am, come down heavy on my way of doing 
 Business. Perhaps it is for something I never did to 
 
 Them; I am sure, quite certain in my way, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 131 
 
 I hope I am not too much in my own way, 
 
 I certainly like most sometimes to have my own way. 
 
 Please hear me say I do not wish to go the wrong way. 
 
 Please take me the Last Chance to a Clover dale. 
 I hear there is a Sanitar I-um there. 
 
 I find I need it I am ragged or dirty this so long 
 After dead life so long, 
 
 My God above. 
 
 I hear of prest-on there I believe that helps draAV me, 
 Or a loan myself or a loan life herself 
 To a Clover-dale and now I remember, 
 The man I sent to Oats told me there was an Oat 
 Vale near a Clover-dale close Son-o-ma C Cal. 
 
 My God above, I am close to some encour-age you ment, 
 
 I expect it encourage-ment of this pleasant name, 
 A Clover-dale I may find the widow lady 
 Oats would not tell about to me I believe he wants 
 To swamp me. Please let me handle this business, 
 Come near to fulfill it I must print it I am busted. 
 
 Brush wants me to burn, I expect they would swamp 
 
 Me if they could. I must find some one to help me. 
 
 Once I heard of a widow Lady. She loved God. 
 
 She gave Him the last mite. She, she would give her life 
 For Him. Find some one can I 
 At a Clover-dale may I find one In my case 
 
 I hope I may accept help even from a widow my case, 
 If she by near Prest-on me, 
 
 And I am certain I have to walk many times through Nap-a 
 vale, 
 
 Knights of that vale please me come to a Clover-dale. 
 
 Please I may see in Oat vale shoo shine myself to them. 
 I may be encouraged there if not I can see 
 No worse fix than I am in, 
 
 I do not care for the sons of- tis should burn in fire 
 
 If they were all but I can remember the countenances 
 Of some good men at present and Ever yet 
 Remember future time I must get help. 
 
 I come to the widow lady over a weary stretch of miles 
 I am look old-dirtyragged 
 
 Will she help me? no one else would so-sofar. 
 
 My God above I am on the beat I remember must 
 Copy all these in my mind please wait until 
 I find that widow who loved God. 
 tell me it is a put up job 
 
132 
 
 GABRIEL S TESTATKNT. 
 
 And I wish to see her myself. 
 
 Turn on the Light of Dead Electricity 
 
 I see plainly now I see her name is 
 
 No Ra King 
 Prest on Son o-ma C Cal. 
 Of course I will enjoy my journey to see the lady. 
 I am anxious to so anxious I prepare all for my journey. 
 I am old, dirt, raggy, I start in the morning time. 
 I am going to tell her please lady know I am in heavy 
 
 heavy trouble. 
 
 I may stay to tell her more or something else we will see. 
 We will see each other about that in time of course I will 
 
 enjoy my trip, 
 
 At any rate I cannot care any worse than I wish to see her. 
 I can say at any rate I found her in spite of the Oats of Sweet 
 
 Rosa. 
 I will tell you how much I am worth when I come the 
 
 widow r lady. 
 She has a mite, I hear I can think of two mights close 
 
 together. 
 If you hear this please say you were deaf or could not hear 
 
 good. 
 
 This is only the band wag-on with the Trumpet 
 The weather is stretched very cloudy, I cannot help it, 
 Rain shine or rain fair I am busted for this widow is in it. 
 I will bust to see if she can see through me I in it. 
 I will have on my jail bird shirt when I am in it. 
 I wonder if she catch on me a jail bird out of the in it 
 I will show plain my jail bird shirt I hold myself when 
 
 in- it. 
 
 And when with jail bird shirk no work I am the one in it. 
 When getting in my jail shirt I see I am the red for red 
 
 man 
 When in it. I am for the red man if I am in it, 
 
 And now I am wrapt all myself in it. 
 Attorney man near side would. O, I could kick, I could just 
 
 Shoo him a little bit-^-mite. 
 Better I think me to rest a Nap-a Knight I am at Port-er 
 
 vale. 
 
 I rest, I rest a short anchor Nap in Port-er-ly in morning 
 Set sail for Oat vale heave too anchor furl sails 
 By No-Ra King ask mite publis Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 Then come a Nap of me to end your life. 
 It is very easy continued iiy God above, I will there 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 133 
 
 Two find Two self Two gain Two strike- Two shoo fly 
 Whiz buc bee, whack, I start fresh, walk purpose, 
 
 I am Anchor Berry, the Pilot man, 
 His heart is out, he crucified, burnt dead, Last when to 
 
 world life again. 
 
 His heart is wrapt in over protection, hard as rock drops 
 Crucified blood when Last Eli Burnt Dead, 
 
 Last Burnt Electric-man Dead. 
 Tell them it is time they understood My business. 
 Many of them are left to the last to burn in hell, 
 Improving purify in fire many first come last, 
 
 The First comes the one at Last, 
 And returning First comes to be My First and Last, 
 One at Last. 
 
 Last one's trip to a WIDOW LADY [that could help a mite.] 
 
 He up anchor quick sailed from Port-er vale, 
 
 Come out in new Hick lands by that place, came fed by C 
 
 rouse your self, 
 Came close to Young Mis Look-Out-for-the-dogs, 
 
 Came on well pleased through Friends vale, 
 Passed her came quiet by the Kettle well with a belly 
 
 and a bad 
 
 Man names him to burn leaving that place comes out fresh 
 Into Alex-and-er vale passing on direct to the Clover-dale, 
 Comes up in the Oat vale near to widow by prest-on Son- 
 
 o ma C-Cal. 
 Shoo to to now then fly whiz buz knock you down 
 
 get up, 
 
 Shoo shine we walk for dear life toward the widow lady, 
 And left at Last fulfillment of this book, widow mite of 
 
 helped, 
 
 But she was one of the world did not know about God, 
 She would not give the mite for such wild oats. 
 
 She was born to the world, never knew God. 
 Left the Last mark First ones trip to widow lady, see how 
 
 different, 
 
 One widow you are 1999 times different somewhat near it, 
 By that age you are all tres passers around the premises. 
 Kell-og he could not haul a twelve disciples out of the 
 Middle-town so the Saviour died Dead as a fly wheel 
 Crank he left this brain seed for ages in time, 
 Come to his home and see they are mine. 
 The little widow lady gave the mite when near her last, 
 
13-i GABBIEI/8 TESTATENT. 
 
 I expect I will have to Saviour her, so kiss my 
 
 Jack Eli-as will soak very kind when he comes to the last. 
 
 They come around him he pictures himself the shed roof 
 is off, 
 
 Pictures himself the nigger with no dancers in the loft. 
 
 The coyote foxes of the world come around him to bark and 
 bite, 
 
 He kicks so hard they run from the fight ; 
 
 He pictures continues road of life again, 
 
 He himself good Antonio he loves, likes the rolling main. 
 
 He pictures his life to study each cause, 
 
 From the tainted wether of the flock washed at all the flaws. 
 
 Notice look at his story, he was a youth of his time, 
 
 He was thrown in did not swamp quick swam out of their 
 slime. 
 
 He was young he a boy he is out then I can wash him 
 he is Mine. 
 
 But prest on he comes to the little widow lady; 
 
 I will forgive him for all past he is passing on to the clover- 
 dale; 
 
 I forgive the little widow lady of-fence, 
 
 He can beg his way too and from her quick in his time, 
 
 He never fears his life or the kicks of furnace crime, 
 He looks over hills and valleys of the world, 
 He is noble pilot of courtship, all sails unfurled, 
 
 He does not run her on the reef or down under Adams' fall, 
 
 He waits to come too he hails waits this is God's Bugle 
 Call, 
 
 He gains knowledge Electricity forces the time, 
 
 He holds it in and burns all hot heat slime, 
 
 He wants to come me on the Great-Eastern line, 
 
 He wants to come to me then more than any other in time, 
 
 He looks down in the riffles of their stream, 
 t He wants to say himself he fires up with Electric steam, 
 He looks over hill, valley and dale, 
 Eve the vail remove to see him no snail. 
 He looks at the clouds is the Weather's prophet 
 He waits writes told slip tick news socket 
 
 To them then he sticks to last 
 He is a big crank packing also My Jack with him 
 He looks ahead fences the world with his rails in time 
 He writes to hood wink out of them their crime 
 And they to furnace burn their own ignorant slime 
 
 He has proved they had it until he is tired and sore 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 135 
 
 He wishes to come back around home and talk no more 
 Holding oft' hat-s-down he kicks along 
 He comes back to the home of this Gospel Wire Song 
 He passes through comes near the narrow gate 
 He cannot see ahead but fears brave fears no fate 
 He climbs it he flies he is on the upper grade 
 He comes on up stands in takes breeze over shade 
 He can go down or he can go up 
 He willingly went for years without his sup 
 He crosses the bridge can go through My gate or lane 
 He can come up to fly down over the rolling main 
 He looks at wondrous gigan-tic mountains the view fine 
 He wonders if he will ever hit the back bone of time 
 He passes on over a beautiful straight ahead scene 
 He can never forget still loves young sweet sixteen 
 He looks on ahead the most beautiful scene of his life 
 With such views he cannot return to gloom and strife 
 He looks at the gigan-tick forms of time 
 He can not see the other side of him back in slime 
 He looks out over most beautiful views of pleasant home life 
 
 He looks goes straight ahead pleasant 
 For the red-white-and-blue-mau for life 
 
 The pair stand in this lane they do not move out 
 And you bet they are not insane either again 
 They can pass and look at the most peculiar form 
 They can look through the clouds of approaching storm 
 God can move them where ever He please 
 They are as big nearly to Him as a span of fleas 
 They look over the cities of the noble and free 
 They are bound each one in the Home of Liberty 
 They look over life so fresh and bright, 
 The gentle songsters are pleased with the sight, 
 They look out over the open fields of beautiful life, 
 They cannot see far ahead yet understand Gabriel's Light, 
 They come to the lane dark ahead mountains dark base life, 
 But see smoke passed on through and burnt old strife. 
 They wander around and find the straight right way, 
 They come heavy ahead wait and draw their pay, 
 They look over the stack for the Last Chance straw, 
 They find it soon and prest on they come to breathe then 
 
 draw, 
 
 They do not mix to eat like herds of swine, 
 The herd is in the marsh in the mist of time. 
 The herd run he fears the devil in them is nearly in to stay, 
 
136 GABRIEL'S TESTATKNT. 
 
 They look over even mansion view level plain, 
 Tney wonder why in devil did not accept God's name. 
 He gives His Word for man to mind, 
 Those that will not must mind as a hog a different kind, 
 They may look over the wondrous sky cap of time, 
 Grunt along I suppose think they feel very fine. 
 They made themselves and draw their own pay, 
 Come in the world, I suppose, to stay, 
 
 They can see the man pass their lane, 
 They cannot feel to grunt out his name. 
 Great Spirit is a wondrous offended Power, 
 Present age He gives even the hog of His Wisdom Flower. 
 This age commence even the hog eat His Wisdom Florr. 
 He may yet herd them up and brain a few 
 To leave the earth and Shoo fly one now one two you. 
 He hopes they breed up from the dim lane of hell. 
 
 They eggs will not crawl or begin to, 
 They may look out to see the bright light of time, 
 Even if they were deaf their eyes can shine. 
 Great Spirit turns in them the devils of man, 
 It is a slow way to improve the hog herd band, 
 They may pass and come to the narrow gate, 
 A stupid way and I wonder if they know their fate. 
 Twenty-five miles and no oxen yet, 
 
 Can I come to them no no they are too good to talk about, 
 And the horses, asses, and all somewhat good in a way, 
 Man think better than horses, asses, and some time in a way 
 You think so the wrong side up then expect God will pay. 
 My God above, I hope I quit I hope much sick, weary, 
 Worked myself down stupid them misty ignor dreary, 
 I must come around home some time a mite publis 
 This, a mite, a flea bit I pass through by rocks and kicks 
 
 of Time, 
 
 I try to come around home feel very fine, 
 I Am it was raining at this I wet myself, 
 I must stop in time wash it all away. 
 
 P. S. Now I Am, I feel very cool, small and limber, 
 I am just leaving the very tall timber, 
 I can see out ahead the light bright shine, 
 I am coming on around to I hope to feel fine, 
 Take and eat drink this sweetin with ages of time, 
 
 I take off the belt if going down grade, 
 
 You can berry in you the Bright Light or see eternal shade. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 13' 
 
 My Electric Laws govern all the band, 
 You can pass in by the Gate keep Two Powers. 
 You can climb the mountain-dim line at last Wisdom 
 
 Flowers. 
 
 I can look down see all around under me track the line, 
 I can see through ages track the steps of time, 
 I could continue on I suppose forever, 
 I am dam'd if I fear trouble much about the weather. 
 Now Great Spirit I do not I you will have to squeeze wright, 
 
 out me, 
 
 I do not like to be butted by a by a good sized Weather, 
 I have looked much over and seen my time. 
 Now I wish to connect Battery. I arn a sooner angel of the 
 
 Gospel Wire Line. 
 
 I am out out paper, I can write more leave space 
 With please connect wire of time to please Angel Gab. 
 I remain yours, my God above I am J. McG T. Gab. 
 
 I am please you if I can, I am J. McG. 
 P. S. Please box me out of tick it is no go, 
 
 My, the rains come like my tears to flow. 
 Please leave me a little live Spirits before go 
 To lead me I am litt-e, I can do nothing help me -out I 
 
 tick 
 
 From with tick Last, 
 
 And now, my God above say stop me awhile. 
 Let me eat my first journey bread the first of this journey 
 I am in the middle of day I may put on one on two one 
 
 oil coat 
 
 May I alwright silence the Weather Electricity Breeze 
 Tick tick tick wire the news to Ma I 
 I can skate the wire of Electricity perfectly 
 I can roll to or from either dodge over this skating-rink 
 I can understand take a full course study this Gospel 
 
 Wire I think 
 My God above better let Spirit stay dictate interpret correct it 
 
 I Am A Know-Noth-in-G 
 
 I Am down hemed in by myself I can only see out to above 
 Top sky I Am certainly feel lost if Good Spirit come 
 To leave me at last I am coming to where I may be 
 Left at last I know my God above if Great Spirit is 
 
 With me I can hold 
 
 Not to be left at last I am willing to trudge life road weary 
 To success weary I cannot succeed when Great Spirit will 
 Not brace up some for me 
 
138 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 My God above and with Great Spirit I am a gone sooner 
 
 Without a mite 1 cannot see so much ahead 
 
 Future may judge if for success I fight 
 
 I trudge and hump along all the road of life 
 
 I wish you to know everything is not right 
 
 Let Great Spirit help me a mite 
 
 Scu sco-shoo you the flies of course 
 
 Why of course I will folly my God above 
 
 I will folly like litt-e stink scrub dog gone the flies 
 
 Let me throw out this shoo shine flies 
 
 You flies have sick-en my stom-ic it aches sometimes 
 Let me throw out this record of my opinion of them and say 
 
 My Authority is the original Gabriel's Trumpet 
 
 It is rich ripe they can come and thump it 
 Speaking Frank the Clover-dale may leave me at age 33-33 
 
 Electric miles of shade wait to see if my God above 
 Helps me if I am left here 
 
 I am most nearly sorry if first left the last 
 Blow Blow Blow Show Show Show Light Light 
 Light 
 
 Out Out Out A Come A Head A Gain 
 
 I will stop and eat with the animals, my choice is the 
 
 Oxen cattle I sit again in my shed roof 
 With all the cattle coming around me I certainly like them 
 I like to see grass grow for them I hope it will sprout 
 Live fresh and green grass soon or sooner 1 look 
 My sight over the mountain another way I will cool 
 
 Off and qut qt. 
 
 I have fulfilled this last little sketch scene or I hope God 
 May kill me quick if anyone was with me they could see 
 The animals but I Am Last alone at Last 
 I can see the spirit of cattle I respect more than 
 
 The fly herd band 
 
 My God above I am in a most beautiful part of the 
 World half way coming from Friend Alexander and expect 
 
 yet 
 
 To light in a Clover-dale and with some Spirit Prest-on 
 Come Oat-vale I am the Bell of the mountains my 
 Some Friends tell me I hear it and I see no reason why I 
 Do not deserve the name 
 
 I Am quit a handsome siced Buo-y Bell 
 
 My name is simple common Joe 
 
 And if they don't like it I can tell them you know what 
 Well what is, tick, tick, tick, can I talk of you to them 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 139 
 
 Of tick and fire me tick at them 
 I come on tick, tick, tick, and if they don't like it 
 Take rne away as easy as you kill me quick by tick, tick, tick, 
 They respect me like on tick I can see a hole in the sky 
 Big enough for me to fly through to outside and you 
 My God above I I may I give a pointer to them 
 I can see'the animal action under it I wonder 
 If the fools, I wonder if they think they get it by tick, tick, 
 
 tick, 
 
 They would believe anything if it was small, may they 
 Believe me let them work above and look down on this 
 I am simple boy Not Much they claim awful much big 
 
 smart 
 
 Men of the world, let them may their own way, this may 
 Not fit their size still I think this suits the small boy 
 I hope his mind may not pass through the Boy screen wire 
 Out into fire hell I say let men of the world make man size 
 And this for God's Boys I and yes God's Girl bells 
 My Maker I respect I am a boy to respect and 
 My God above I think the boys and girls may 
 Act square about it if advanced little 
 
 Tick, tick, tick May they read my copy Book 
 And pattern make like these tick, tick, tick. 
 I can do no more than give them this and look away 
 For myself protection, preservation, I leave the shed and -qut. 
 I am in the most beautiful place I seen the world, 
 And in this tale I am only half way to the Clover-dale. 
 I am going quick, heavy, by Electric track, 
 All my baggage not as heavy as is was an empty gun-ny sack. 
 I make graceful curves and on straight ahead, 
 You bet you bet I am not very much of a bullet head, 
 That is certain I am not made of lead. 
 Please look by this simple rhyme, 
 But I wished to remember I was in time, 
 Never a lead sinker of the drop line. 
 I am coming to most beautiful place streams, scenery of 
 
 world, 
 
 I am on the Wire, all sails unfurled. 
 I am Shout, the Gospel man to noble and free, 
 I want them to join they wish give them Statue Liberty. 
 Make her Big Josh of American man, 
 She holds her head above the fty wheel band. 
 She holds her head shines the Dead Light of the Free, 
 She may be Daughter of Great Original Liberty. 
 
14:0 
 
 I have now come down on the rocks close to water, 
 I can tell you to see she is a Noble Daughter. 
 I would let her blow Gabriel's Trumpet if she could, 
 But that would not do she should be far away if the bridge 
 
 stood. 
 
 If she blew that Trumpet over the land of the Free 
 All hell would not hold back the sons of Liberty. 
 I myself feel Electrict Light in my hub head 
 Of God so big, I Am Son she can take me to bed, 
 I will take no one else a live Liberty when I wed. 
 Blow, blow, blow then she can come west of the rockies 
 And blow Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 Sand Sand Frisco, do not bridge bay until you hear Trumpet, 
 Sure fall, as she is my Original Venus to sound the Trumpet. 
 Am getting very much mixed up out in the back woods. 
 Please let this sufF-ice, cool about down about the Saviour 
 
 Goods, 
 
 And still I must come ahead on that mite be business, not 
 Pleasure I am only a little past half way passed to a Clover- 
 dale, 
 
 The rnite is a Last Qhance, of course,! can not get in clover 
 To-night, if prest-on suddenly, so I must take the last chance, 
 The straw, and sleep in it to-night, a good sound first sleep. 
 Sound some time since I was dead, 
 My animals come two by two 
 
 Electric Bridge over the river to cross. 
 There is no one river need bother you to cross, 
 The animals come in three to one, 
 
 There it a hell sight of them lost, 
 
 There is no Electrict Power to stretch the sinner across 
 Three to one forever forever to him is lost. 
 I am sure I cannot tell tell you, 
 I burnt Dead burnt so long, I am a sooner Boy, 
 I Am old Nap-a-Joe, 
 I Am Sou-o-ina-Joe, 
 And that is all I am so long. 
 I have come to the most beautiful farm vineyard 
 
 I ever seen in the world I wonder who it belongs to; 
 I cannot tell you you may find out some future time. 
 
 It is red-mans red soil, I am sure. 
 I think it is about sweet sixteen, or about those many 
 From a clover dale. Gome and look at it for yourself. 
 It would make some noble red-man a fine home and 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 141 
 
 Still you may say there is not much game around here. 
 I find this sign on a post, which please allow to di-spel 
 your disbelief: 
 
 25 Turkeys to be shot for 
 On Saturday the 20th, before Mrismas day, 
 At the Alexander bridge all are invitea to come. 
 G(eorge) W(ashington) John son. 
 
 I tell you it is a beautiful country through here, 
 
 But I would hate to see a red man here owning it without his 
 
 Liberty I fear he would not be contented, even with this, 
 
 I think the most beautiful spot on earth. 
 
 It may be Garden Eden, or it may not, but my 
 
 Opinion is on qarth Eden could not surpass this 
 Alexander and if that is so I am now in some heavy 
 Ticks square long steps, through the Middle of Eden, 
 And expect to come one some time into a Clover-dale, 
 So I Two Strike Light and out leave fly over past back- woods, 
 
 Light in a Clover-dale some time to see 
 
 The widow lady I am stearing for. If she prest on me 
 I will take the mite. She may be the same one 
 I am sure you can learn about it, if you choose to know 
 Me personally, I Am Elijah Josiah Berry man 
 Forever I believe I suppose I know my name, 
 But cannot repeat a word or three or four of them together 
 
 In this Book I Am Dead Berry-man 
 In Port her Vale around me I am out on the dead beat, 
 Now then rags and dirt, 
 
 I am rounding around home in my jail bird shirt. 
 I expect at last to round up the lady widow of Oat vale, 
 If she treat me kind I hope never again I bust to fail, 
 And you can bet if Able I will help the woman who treats 
 
 me kind, 
 But what can I do with the curs who bark and sit around to 
 
 rub green chairs, 
 
 I can tell them to go to hell, and mind their own affairs. 
 And I am now writing about in this some Words of God, 
 I hope to burn in hell if I let an attorney of Brush patch 
 Walk over me rough shod. 
 
 I hope forever to stay under the sod, 
 
 If I cannot shoo kick them out of time by the help of God. 
 I am old, raggy, dirty, I wear tacks in big shoes, 
 But I can kick the son of common Christianity away below 
 the Jews. 
 
GABRIELS TESTATENT. 
 
 They have descended far below positive below age Christ. 
 I Am a crank I must stop so long sous of 
 Is this the road to the Clover-dale ? jSo answer yet. 
 Come, some one give me an answer I Am Boy Joe, 
 
 I might go a stray off 
 
 Wait a minute, you son of I am not a bit afraid of it, 
 You son of you can go to dam your heart you 
 Should know I believe I have a God above to direct me 
 What to do, you son of dam you 
 Whiz-buz whack shoo shine shoo. 
 I continue my road, my God above, forgive me, 
 Is this the road to a Clover-dale ? 
 No, sir, no tick, tick, tick go back, you are astray, 
 You are going the Wind-sor, where you don't want 
 To ^ou are by this son near six miles of a stray; 
 You see I must take care of to learn you something, 
 And now take shank's mare and hoof it back, 
 I ride away shank's mare I hoof, I hoof, I hoof. 
 Please take my care of myself, I be good Boy next time, 
 If not, so long you know, my God above, I cannot 
 Stand and take very much of such 
 Impetuosity, or forth I must kick back 
 Such immensity you believe him 
 Say I am a son of a one-sided Know nothing 
 About Himself or me, or anything ever 
 I say am coming on home. 
 Shoo, shoo, kick flies for me. 
 
 I blow, I blow, I blow, heavy I walk or trot I heavy tire, 
 So much walk young Fast-speed passes me, horse in a 
 Foam throws his bottle I smell steam of fire water through 
 
 air; 
 
 Curs, and curs, and curs bark at me, all many fast speeds 
 Run round and curs and curs run around and round, 
 I pass on and leave the winery a past me, 
 Fast-speed run at me blew and kicked up, run other 
 Way from my direct course, backward to turn 
 On towards the Clover dale I Am now only three 
 Quarters to come on a Clover-dale course, 
 
 Which leads that way. 
 I hope never again well never to go astray 
 When going the course to the Clover-dale. 
 I leave pass the winery a lady stood the door 
 I ask the way to the Clover-dale she tells me and 
 I immediately turn off. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 14-3 
 
 Do not act the something like my winery side scene ; 
 
 Do take it slowly with your wines it is like everything 
 Else too much of a good thing will not do. 
 I go straight ahead for the Clover-dale, 
 I begin to hear the cow bells ringing 
 I fly on pass on up grade look kindly 
 At me yes, they do think, think of it 
 
 I fly on up grade I am out soon of paper what shall I do 
 
 My God above I will skin my baggage to keep the record 
 crank of you 
 
 I look over one other most beautiful spot in the red-man's 
 
 old home 
 
 It is nice rolling red, beautiful red soil 
 Of course the redman left it sometime ago, 
 I must stop this is getting becoming stale, record 
 
 On towards the Clover-dale I must come to quite last 
 chance 
 
 By the way I grab at a straw sleep in it that is the straw 
 stack 
 
 I am busted not a nick I work hungry dirty to raggy 
 
 I am commencing to catch a dose of the consequences 
 
 I must so Prest on in the sanitarium see if I don't 
 See if 1 don't fulfill this much of this much of it 
 
 My God above I then come back pass Turkey-Shoot-Place 
 Beautiful of world then I set my sail 
 I fly on proper course to the Clover-dale 
 I feel certain then sure, I can forever tell my tale 
 
 I packed and never lost my heart on the road of Clover-dale 
 It is now coming dusky and no straw-bed stack 
 Is this the road to the Clover-dale ye, ya, yes sir 
 I am far from the Palace ho-tell hack 
 I must take the free buss for the straw stack 
 Blow, Blow, Blow Angel call me in 
 I don't like to sleep here but must to fulfill begin 
 
 I begin I am not yet in asleep 
 I will tell you some more of it over over the river. 
 
 Come darkey like now I cannot see more to write 
 
 I forgot I failed can you help me my Electric Light 
 
 Can you help me in the home of the Electric Light 
 Who is it that furnishes that Dead Light Fire 
 
 I you not going to tell it is the Owner of Electric Gospel 
 Wire 
 
 I must quit I am using other using up all Electric Fire 
 
 I kneel to ask man's permission to sleep in his straw stack 
 
14:4: GABRIEL'S TESTATKXT. 
 
 Tell him I am a farmer like himself I am unfortunately 
 
 busted 
 
 Have nothing with me and would like to rest in by his barn 
 And also tell him I would be pleased if he could give me 
 In the morning a glass of bread I mean a glass of milk 
 So if he choose he can give me some milk and bread 
 I am think of Lemmon, squeeze Brush attorney, etc. at 
 
 the time 
 
 How much more I respect farmer call it square 
 Subtract and multiply many times as you like 
 Blow, Blow, Blow I see far ahead on hill high top 
 Dark night I see bright Light or I hope to be shot 
 I see Electricity another way I feel all through my 
 
 body the Electrict Spark 
 I whistle McGinty in beating time, 
 I keep step and feel quite fine. 
 Look, is this correct straw sleeper, 
 I feel Electricity and we'll rest our weary feet, 
 By the crystal waters sweet over Jordan, 
 Over Jordan, over Jordan and we'll rest our weary 
 
 Feet over Jordan. 
 
 Trudging on straight ahead I see a Bright star, 
 So I sing And we'll rest our weary feet, over Jordan. 
 I feel Electrict Gospel I come in the straw stack, 
 My power double Two Strikes, I nearly lose my head. 
 Fast, fast, the siio descended scarce loud as a sigh. 
 Feel for our little Two Our-fan Boys, 
 I cry, I cry, I do you are welcome to, 
 Then I come too tack in to anchor at the straw stack. 
 My shoo quits quiets down I study to Light the Light; 
 Now then come to a lady lady, I have come to see you, 
 I am a specimen of humanity how I came you need 
 Not care how I came to know you. 
 
 You know a Friend and an Alexander I came over you, 
 I have come to you as wild oats, will you take me in, 
 I am in trouble, heavy in trouble am sick down, heavy heart, 
 Can you help me a mite I have fired my strength away, 
 When 1 do need your mite you help me. 
 I am respectably a decent boy what say you 
 Of my specimen of man I am a shoo shine sooner out. 
 I can justis simply lay over any son of man that says 
 I am anything but a decent, disrespectful boy to them. 
 I came a some for some of them that treat we well, 
 And some other many I cannot know the ones they are, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 145 
 
 I expect many of them by the time commence to remember 
 
 My shoo shine. 
 
 Of course I can take some little bit of care of you alone, 
 Remember, I begin to do something for my certain home. 
 
 Of course if you cannot will positive not 
 So to turn up your nose up at in at me you can go to 
 
 I Am the Boy the Mountain Bell. 
 You have heard me talk to Blow, Blow, Blow, 
 And now I am just step out with my Circus show. 
 If you cannot respect the scrub of Gabriel's Trumpet, 
 I can easily tell you you are a head-high strumpet. 
 If you will not take me as the man I am, 
 You can kiss my head for a fry shoo-fly tin pan. 
 I will shoo you away among the flies, 
 And you may burn in hell where the sons never rise; 
 You may take me as I Am, or as I Am not, 
 But you must respect my head more than than well, 
 
 P. Pott. 
 But please allow this to do answer give me v 
 
 Can I come close to you? 
 
 And I will spank down by it mine answer to you, 
 I am left I find I am alone I take break back, 
 
 Eventually I must wheel on home, 
 I must the last chance lady help me a mite, 
 She may advance me to publis Blow, Blow, Blow; 
 If so I will remember her life must be pure as snow. 
 If she help me the mite, my God above, let her sins forgive, 
 Let her come to you and forever love me live. 
 If she respects me separates man from rags and dirt, 
 Let her catch on to shoo I mean close to jail bird shirt ; 
 If she willing me to be the man to come by above, 
 She to hold, squeeze tight, in the arms of love, 
 I am willing she catch on to Noble Power, 
 She can say I am a crank hub full of Powder Wisdom 
 
 Flower. 
 
 She will, I hope, not trust Oats so much again, 
 I had much rather leave business with poor insane. 
 They may believe she is left, they may believe mine lost, 
 They wish to place me in hell let them pay the cost. 
 I never did them harm I can look plain to you, 
 I am the man single, I thoroughbred Jew. 
 You may take leave or lose me, my God above, 
 I can wait until I die by Electrict Light of love. 
 You can leave me spirit, or leave me none, 
 
146 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 I will always do best can run home, run. 
 You can give promise one give me one 
 Until it come I wait hell freeze over Ino Adam Son 
 
 God who made world stars moons Sky Tent full power 
 
 Make one Bich come up to Wisdom you know the Flower 
 If she hangs away back to respect me not 
 I can blow her out with the shoo shines I do not 
 
 I am going to turn out the Light 
 Please leave me spark flickers to come light again 
 I must return to practical business ideas 
 I came to the farmer to keep the dog away 
 I cannot until I make friends with them 
 
 Ever with the dogs I make friends though they do not 
 fear shoo 
 
 They do not bark about Great-Red-White-and-Blue 
 
 The farmer of the small cabin treats me kind I am 
 becoming 
 
 Serious need rest rest of brain that is the rest of it 
 
 You know I must so I tell him I want to sleep 
 
 The straw of last chance 
 He gives me some things I find myself in oil 
 
 I am myself wrapt in the cover. covered with horse oil sheet 
 Near at my head grunts a pig-pig-pen. 
 And I don't sleep much until Two Strikes about ten 
 I am a shoo shine sooner I started like wings 
 The morning I flew away my friends I left then 
 I came on so fast I left far back an old Swan's Hen 
 
 But return again I am now here in this stack soil bed 
 
 I may write this double over sometimes I take the baggage 
 to keep record 
 
 And it is all scratch no one but myself could understand 
 But I must have tablets to copy my mind work, 
 
 Return again creeping, crawling things come around my 
 head 
 
 Terrible I remember being I not fulfilled in the mind. 
 
 I pull up the horse soil cloth around my head and go sleep 
 
 Never wet the bed so cold I awake the dogs bark in it 
 They drag I hear the stick all over the yard 
 It would do you good to hear the tame geese quack 
 Pudding heads maybe they think they are not in it 
 But they are the worst in the deck, 
 
 I awoke to find myself say there is Son of I hear 
 
 A foot of this Black Joe never burnt clogged with blister. 
 
 Marked all over Electricity mind must make the record, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 147 
 
 Pages plain I hear Trumpet Electricity blue flame 
 
 Revolving mind, must see the paper; 
 I hope they will be d-am sure to get out of this and read 
 
 the other one. 
 
 My God above, I do groan in this double and mix up, 
 I hear the geese the hear the cock crows in the morning. 
 They many cannot believe I hear Trumpet in Bright Light. 
 I back from the Clover-dale my God above, I am 
 In this plain now then I w r ill will stop, 
 
 I hear the Trumpet again. 
 
 But please remember I woke so early so cold, shiver, shake, 
 And roll double rolls of shivers in the morning, cold, early, 
 I lost the pencil, must make another I do it is quite 
 A clean pencil other one lost it does good to hear the geese 
 
 quack 
 
 Tick, tick, tick God answers I can be on His Book. 
 I remember, a time ago, I told you of my 
 Courtship I get dead stuck dead stuck love, 
 Down the wayside after well burnt I can stand it, 
 
 Can pretty little dark blue eyes ? 
 
 We came together now you must kill me, my God above. 
 I cannot get this out, still we came before the flies I will not 
 
 Care for then we were dead stuck love, 
 We came, we stick apart do not tie, that is the predickament 
 When see flies you may say I hear quiet look away 
 By this when not treated right I have the heart to forever 
 
 burn you, 
 
 Of the world I have been through these things for the 
 Purpose hardening heart, I suppose I never run, 
 For the heels I am above say this be the reason say any 
 Thing I-one I thought life anew, 
 Commenced the race for steam-her cruision, 
 I fulfill this book with some little-bit trouble, 
 But the least of all was to find the No ra-King see, 
 She gives her might willingly to some one, 
 The King she willingly gives pin-money. 
 I am old, dirt, raggy Last I tell them, the sons of 
 I the Last have One to help me to please me. 
 We print this Book Two Powers might, 
 We leave it for future time come see us. 
 My God above I was left you remember that 
 About Tail-or girl court-ship she never gave me a mite; 
 Of course I asked her when in the Fair-field, but 
 Su-I-sun, I left for Sacrament O. 
 
148 G-ABRIEI/S TESTATENT. 
 
 The mob around me moving uneasy one said, you Christ, I 
 
 kill you soon 
 For that, I prepared for fate, as on previous trial prepared 
 
 come one o'clock, 
 Dark night, I am ready, waiting a little Guy warned me 
 
 quick, 
 Mr. Blessing, close by me said awake, save yourself we will 
 
 not stand this a gain, 
 Asleep come to the Sacrament-O jail soon I was locked up 
 
 safe. 
 
 Very early in dark cold morning an angel called 
 Called me from the slepilcur said a woman has just left this 
 
 place, follow her; 
 I up quick, started for home, 
 Escaped the mob on my second trip without her mite, of 
 
 course. 
 
 Box me, I felt much worse ; rap me on head, gradually 
 Gained sense, better to good I am left a Last for you. 
 O that mite yes, of course I was just commencing 
 To round up my Cir-cus Co had a few good tricks, I thought, 
 I suppose I felt as big as Christ-ofher C-1492 I was busted 
 
 Now there Is-a-bell-a-gain left me, 
 I had touched her feelings said I would not have your gift 
 
 I need help, 
 But she had no jewels she as poor as common as turkey 
 
 (I might,) 
 
 She said, have patience. I said, better go to school-teacher. 
 She went I went up and back she to blow, still fixing up 
 
 her-self. 
 She then so near Lost Will-I-cuss myself again for her 
 
 I think yes ; 
 
 Then, I think again never yes never. 
 (Rap, rap) I hope you will take good see care of her;| 
 I not seen her for quite a year now, and do not wish to 
 
 her. 
 
 I had a dream, dark and gloomy, in last night ; 
 I dreamt my girl come to see me I awake, I hear rap, 
 I hear knock, I see I am dirt, raggy I knew the geese, 
 
 But it does not matter now, the shoo was there. 
 When I awoke I was shivers, rolls of them I was ashamed 
 I dreamt my nose was sore like cold could not get it out; 
 But the girl again she shows herself off around me I 
 
 ashamed myself. 
 I speak to her and look another way, could not talk to her. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 149 
 
 She had to stay away with another I could not talk to her; 
 She had to stand course she made me near sick to look. 
 I felt the smallest man in the world, I suppose; 
 I imagine I would not like court-ship again. 
 I am positive I would not both of us knew and 
 I am sure she almost a chippy of the Block. 
 I awake, find all this of myself covered under gunny sack 
 And horse oil soil sheet I rolled my shivers and got up, 
 I shake drop pencil out of Light me 
 Forget shoo shine I crawl out of this predickament 
 Of trip to lady I up with my bed on shoulders, 
 
 I on me I have my jail shirt, 
 
 The horse soil sheet on shoulders I swing as my trail then 
 Out through door, I go very late in night, perhaps very 
 
 Early dark cold morning. 
 Last I stole my own bed think, think of it ; 
 I took the horse sheet I was wrapt in by my farmer friend; 
 I will expect he remembers me for it I told him where 
 
 I lived exactly, join forest petrified. 
 
 Slight fear of rain when I started out of a hole in the barn, 
 Very dark, I walked on, could hardly see my own way. 
 
 Came to a sign I shin to see what is on it 
 To the Clover-dale a finger points forrest was on the sign 
 
 also 
 I came along a dreary way lost as fine as I know how 
 
 To be lost in the dark I came to another sign 
 Points another direction the Clover-dale finger directs 
 I follow I feel what a God send these signs 
 Of the times they direct the lost man in the dark 
 If he can leave the finger then follow a-head-his nose 
 I came on to another sign presently pointing direct an 
 Opposite direction it was still dark I shine my eye 
 
 Shine up seen a Clover-dale finger by Gey ser 
 This printed I wonder about that being a guy 
 But you bet I follow straight from the finger 
 If any man should put up a guy sign board what 
 Should be come of him I did not stop very shortly 
 Only to to and then I felt and knew my heart was 
 With me follow straight ahead course getting 
 Out in light I found I had stolen from my farmer 
 Friend a very nice soft canvas sheet, some greasy, 
 Of course in use at the time but it was a fine one 
 And I was ashamed I was troubled I would repay him 
 
 Well for this kindness to me of course I could come 
 
150 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Back from my home and repay him some some 
 Time. Still I was ashamed you may say I did 
 JS'ot fulfill I asked my farmer friend for the bread and 
 Milk I stole the horse sheet, you may remember I 
 Did not stay to get the milk so we call that square I 
 Fulfilled I came on to a pleasant place and seen a 
 Pleasant lady wo wished me to have something to eat 
 So I fill up and run away I had a pleasant breakfast 
 Talk with her she seen I was raggy and dirty but she 
 Talked with me just as good and said everybody who walked 
 Was not a tramp I like the lady very much she is not 
 Church member I think respects God enough not to try and 
 Improve His Word for own name praise I come on 
 Where men protect orchards planting trees industrious 
 I will assure you they have not much of a very big head 
 But I will gamble with you if take tick, tick I can 
 I Am Able to tell you they do more good than a preacher 
 
 man 
 
 They do not stay sit and so wear out their pants, 
 They industrious, so are their sisters, cousins and their ants. 
 I look far over lanes beautiful places come to home after 
 
 home, 
 
 Catch on one preacher-man, quit pulling at the wish bone. 
 Always respect the home of the Noble and the Free, 
 While you dig for soil talk for the farmers about Liberty. 
 You can say the Word of God is the Liberty of man, 
 You may come to see God is something larger than spirit of 
 
 preacher man. 
 Come stout chop your own wood like crow hoe your own 
 
 corn. 
 I know you say suffer in world never come to wrong end of 
 
 horn, 
 
 If it is so my my strike a job suddenly preacher man, 
 You your pull-pit with you leave woman the stand 
 Woman consolidate the churches, treat your brother kind, 
 The preacher cannot wash away the sins of time. 
 Shoo shoo I was kicking myself I was thinking of school 
 
 all the while, 
 I have said so I will allow it to stay women try to improve 
 
 the style. 
 Preacher, I am over the bridge you need not alarm or lose 
 
 your sense, 
 
 I Blow, Blow, Blow remember this is only for the man 
 audience. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 151 
 
 O, yes, I forgot to tell you the lady who gave me breakfast, 
 
 also gave me lunch. 
 I showed by Gabriel's Trumpet to preachers I thought them 
 
 butchers at once. 
 Is this the road to a Clover-dale go on just the same you 
 
 will turn up. 
 Of course I am not going to fulfill this preacher business 
 
 myself, 
 
 They may it will take some long long ahead time; 
 I am going ahead just the same to to turn up for myself. 
 I-o to gt pass the Gey-ser, I was telling all about. 
 God sends the benefits the Signs of modern times. 
 I am certainly a crank on the stump dumb-hub-head a boy; 
 I am going to stretch myself for the Clover we will 
 Pass the church business I am going to pass on my own way 
 Now I have a private pass from you may have heard of Baby 
 
 Joe; 
 
 Joe came to pass Baby size you men preachers pattern this, 
 And word larger, you may have to mature for man size, 
 So do not blame Joe at the last you may not come in for 
 
 Baby size. 
 Remember, I am the boy Joe writing this to pack bring as 
 
 God's mail. 
 
 I am stretching out on the track home stretch to a Clover-dale. 
 I meet a man who pities me going on my way; 
 I never wait for steam wheels I would not delay; 
 I half cross the bridge I can look out ahead, 
 I Am the boy may know remember well, so long Dead 
 I am traveling on tick, tick I know it well 
 When I wash by Jordan I can look back on hell. 
 I will never drink Cut her bourbon I burn fire water I fear, 
 I could drink brew, but I, like the ox, prefer my cool water 
 
 clear. 
 
 I could use your to-bac-o like a man then feel like a 'fool, 
 Od judge cig-rets never cool my breath so very very cool. 
 I see your tent stretched, I see the animal in the door. 
 You had best leave you habits and leave the the so long, 
 My God above, you should hear curs bark at me for 
 
 Blowing this. 
 
 A lady can call them I bet they say you know can kiss 
 I come out in the open country far around can see 
 I hope the last chance lady is in record of Judgment Jubilee 
 I put on my oil skin breeze measure is about to blow me 
 away. 
 
152 GABRIEI/S TESTATENT. 
 
 I want to stay and see her finish to fulfill I wish to stay. 
 
 I pack my baggage and come on ahead, 
 
 I want you to help me by the Light of the Dead, 
 I fly straight ahead please direct on my course, 
 I hope you will give me a full dose of Quiet Force, 
 I am pulling up grade by heavy man power, 
 I will come to you personally talk about the wisdom flower. 
 I wish to leave this record for the Land of the Free, 
 I am kicking I believe I know all the faults I see 
 They have many noble inventions to great steam car 
 But cannot believe God any larger than a so-fa-fair see-Pa 
 iSow I want you to let breeze feed me Bottle of Quiet Power 
 And I will take common bread for my Wisdom Flower 
 
 I had rather be buff-a-lo where I could rest at night 
 
 Than to continue forever this worth-less fight 
 The redman respect, greatly respect the breeze of God above 
 The char-coal blackman is always happy with bright light 
 
 love 
 
 I will be any of them if you let me rest in Your Home 
 I want you to take ne right way I will let you alone 
 Of course the some pale face think black man left in the 
 
 cold 
 
 But I can say to them I think I believe they are sold 
 I can remain awhile if you wish me on this dreary coast 
 I will try this to kick them down who put on the most. 
 P. S. The grass is very, very short here yet. I forgot to 
 Tell you not to worry about the baggage I skinned, 
 To keep record the lady gave me note paper when I beg 
 At breakfast. I told her I was writing a record of life 
 Of the time writing as went she gave me paper. I do not 
 
 Trust memory never expect to write lies. 
 
 I am out all through just feel as I tell you 
 You will see what a peculiar boy I am. If I do not 
 Get there I hope you will let this be in print by some one 
 In the Breeze take to you you may forgive me for 
 All the faults I do since you forgive me once before. 
 I have been a very fast colt I hope they may see no one else 
 Need be because I was. If some boy had written Dictations 
 Washington style by tick, tick, tick, out of his head, 
 I do not know what I would do tick, tick, tick that is so 
 
 Cupiids we talk and say just what we please. 
 If we Cupiids cannot fulfill this we write it all -just 
 Because we feel like it, and there is nothing else 
 Better for to do. I am the Father of Cupiids and throw 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 153 
 
 The Original shoo fly-shoo 
 
 ISTow I am going to feed I hear the bells ringing close 
 Where I sail. I must Light and rest my toilet, 
 
 To fly to see the Clover-dale. 
 
 I light both feet in a stream water does not hurt feet, 
 Cupid never, no never fire water let your feet rest sweet 
 Tick, tick, tick stay on earth awhile, My Boy Cuplids run 
 
 The domestic tick, tick, tick. 
 
 P. S. Pa, I light out from top redman's Mt. Olive, fly me 
 Pass the Clover-dale, let me light and Prest-on succeed 
 In the Oat-vale but I will take a Solomon cast 
 Sullivan iron oath I will never run the light domestic 
 Even in among the flowers in a sweet Clover-dale 
 
 Tick, tick, tick shut up. 
 Just now, coming through Ma I and I want to be an 
 
 Angel when I die to never Dead die. 
 
 I wish carry the news to Ma-y you hear if I am Cupid, 
 Safe through, I will speak to her ear, if I don't go off die a 
 A sooner to soon, I will correct this then give it to my eve. 
 We together will Light out for for the moon. 
 I feel for my heart, it is still safe and sound, hard as stone. 
 I will drink many cases of cool water clear, 
 I will tell her many tales close to her ear. 
 Seven years I have washed pure and clean my home, 
 I have worked myself down to pure skin and bone. 
 When my wink is out, what I leave put above or below the 
 
 sod, 
 For I now assure you I will Light out for the Home of God, 
 
 Blow, Blow, Blow Gabriel's Trumpet in the end. 
 JOHN The funnel is one hundred long. 
 ELIAS Scratch that out, that is bug business, 
 
 You know it is more than that. 
 ELI Let it remain, Boys; don't quarrel ; it is a small matter; 
 
 Show fair play out. 
 ELIAS I say ten times course the widow lady will give 
 
 A mite. 
 ELI Jack, take Elias to success by a head, 
 
 We must fulfill this attend the lady in the future. 
 Come just same as Indian to pale face lady 
 
 O help we weary I came far. 
 LADY No I do not wish to offend I cannot 
 
 Take your word. 
 
 With steam and electricity be noble in time, 
 
154 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 I hope this hand car(d) of David's Son is no slouch. 
 
 There is no one in the world will take your word you see 
 That is the reason I said burn world burn, 
 Leaving widow lady hear that big squall then see, 
 
 Commence to feel hot. 
 
 Turn back to page 133 near it to lady 
 You will see I have hung a long time in a wild goose chase. 
 I told you in time the widow would not loan the mite, 
 And now, My Boys, you can commence to fly your kite. 
 Now commence burn without further orders proceed, 
 I will see there is nothing saved but a pair of Hay Seed. 
 You treat me kind, and My Two Strikes Boy go slow, 
 You all right, you are just as good as Old Black Joe. 
 You please and mind me for another, I will not hunt, 
 The weather will now proceed to burn off the hump 
 World judge is it best to obey God or man? 
 Judge by my little round, which I Am Able to stand. 
 If I ever mind an attorney with big head ways, 
 I hope the same he may burn in hell without any praise. 
 I will mind God's Ways man I will mind Him on earth, 
 I hope He may set the fire all over this little hearth. 
 
 I see his steam coming all along the way, 
 
 It passes, never hurts me, He has given me my pay. 
 
 If had not I would have more to say 
 
 You of the world may say the rest or get full pay 
 
 This My Boy has suffered long 
 
 Soon I must ease his mind stop the song 
 With My Great Spirit I assure you he is pleased very well 
 I know the best of you you can burn in fields of hell 
 My God above, I am Joe please place me at the end of the 
 
 horn. 
 
 My God above, I am so mind sick I not stout why was I 
 born? 
 
 Kemember promise will it save the brutes 
 When I blow yes will you yes in a Horn 
 
 Then I will Blow, Blow, Blow- 
 That is, my God above, my fish-hook must first catch a 
 sucker. 
 
 I promised a man in my town to see him soon 
 
 Please, I am not quite ready for my trip to the moon. 
 
 Let me stop until I blow them away to hell, 
 
 Then take me home I feel very well. 
 
 My God above tell look good bye John. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 155 
 
 I see the fire commencing it can do me no harm 
 I am nothing but one Hayseed on the Way-up farm, 
 And when I leave I swear by my writing hand 
 I will leave all I have can for the noble redman. 
 I Am a Boy the curs bark at me do worse they can, 
 I wish I may come to please my Uncle Sam. 
 I am on a stump when I write this word, 
 I feel about as big as the blue J Bird. 
 I know I can fly and I know very well 
 I am going to proceed fly back away find fields of you 
 
 know well, 
 
 My God above, let the curs smell of me, 
 Then let them pass to a higher degree, 
 
 They may forgive this our 
 Come on home fast freight all the June bug kind. 
 They may say I fly Fire I am dam'd if call me bedbug of 
 
 time. 
 I had rather be dam'd than have them call me bedbug of 
 
 time. 
 I hear them calling Nim-rod now I had best qit, 
 
 They should remember Cupid is all this course, 
 And uses only help Great Spirit Quiet Force. 
 In this he comes speaks plain now to your ear, 
 Wait maid and man many days after hear, 
 I have told you this same old story many times plain, 
 Go back read hear it many times again. 
 If you wait after you feel the Electric Fire, 
 Go a little higher be like McGinty on the Gospel Wire. 
 Never climb away lower any higher than Joe Josiah. 
 Please, you may remember about the wasp nest he did he not, 
 My God above, I Joe Josiah 1 do not want get me any 
 
 higher. 
 
 I am repeating, forgive me, when I drop the fight, 
 When I do feel well I feel all-wright. 
 I am out on the beat, and I want to go home, 
 I am half Dead again John, please take me home. 
 My God above, allow Great Spirit to help John get me home- 
 My God above, you tell me good bye see me again soon. 
 I am close the forest you petrified close 
 Pa-C-if-I-c O-Ce-an, I am in Son-o-ma C-Cal. 
 I am coming around on the back track 
 To where I started this journey of life. 
 I am to where I see one woman ride the horse back 
 
156 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Close to where I see Adam (man) rides the world She bare 
 
 back. 
 
 They certainly no better than the original Adam take this 
 Boy pattern do do better for your own self, 
 I do not care to offend if you do better do good. 
 My God above, I do, I do, I will stop I cannot do better 
 
 than stop. 
 
 My God above, you see I stop on the bridge and forever I 
 Want you to see me again forever forgive me I feel your 
 
 ways 
 And actions forgive my impudence anybody see I am a 
 
 crank. 
 My God above, I believe you turn me like a crank, as easy as 
 
 Your Power turns the world ; 
 
 And that says I hope I am Boy Crank by Power of God to 
 Turn the boys in the right direction of course I seriously 
 
 In my ignorant youth thought of that turning, 
 And it was bocause God made and gave me a purpose. 
 The man is a fool who reads this and does not think so. 
 All my life was direct and conducted for this purpose, 
 All things shaped for me to fulfill this purpose, 
 And I hope the w r orld will take it for a purpose. 
 I give it for a purpose and it is a good purpose. 
 I turn this life like a crank for a purpose. 
 Try and see through it I will say no more than it is best 
 For you parties concerned. I have a sore back and side. 
 I must forever quit the copy business. 
 Cupid, please go on home ahead of me you bet I 
 Will take care of myself after this. 
 Everything going the wrong way you had better stay 
 Awhile then they may do better when they see every 
 Thing is found out at last I must qit I have taken cold 
 
 Honest honest remember I am Joe 
 Tick, tick away P. S. no more use for you I am back 
 
 To Mt. Olive now then forever 
 When again I sleep the straw stack as you heard 
 You may believe my promise and you may believe 
 When I say I have walked to continuous days days 
 Days to get this tune out of me Some days twelve 
 Very next twenty-four hours days continuous walk, walk 
 
 away. 
 I will wind up a home I am begging my 
 
 Way here along the way as I go, 
 But please remember when writing this I hear an angel sing. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 157 
 
 I kneel when handling this copy Book I assure you it 
 Is sacred sincere to me I make it as pleasant myself 
 
 As possible 
 
 Before I go home I take my farmer friend his horse soil 
 Sheet of course I am the thief in the night just is same 
 I will repay him some day dark in night I leave the sheet 
 Inside his place he is not away I told his neighbors 
 When coming my way I would bring it back but 
 When I did bring it he called me a sneak just is hard 
 And was going to give me a black snake and fire me but 
 
 he did not 
 Just is the same I told him to wait, and soon I left out in the 
 
 Dark night. 
 
 I drop my book, honest I do, yes honest I drop it 
 I drop it I see the star that falls 
 Tick, tick my God above, may that mean what 
 Wait until you are again see star business 
 Is square under me I am sick of tick 
 Some time ago I dropt my book flat square on earth. 
 I told no lies be a John a John S. if you can, 
 Or be a boy like Joe when you are a man. 
 am so sore about it, my God above, I think I will 
 
 Only look at stars for the future. 
 You folks curs big heads, please remember all came 
 
 In the same boat full of animals. 
 Ah there now hold up myself stick up for Us. 
 I will forever say my God above owns the earth and 
 
 Animals they come 
 At no expense. He loses nothing may never know them. 
 
 I do not think He for many 
 He owns the earth landed the ark brush patch burnt. 
 
 I look up pleasant, my God above, let me stop keep 
 Looking up, up my God above, I can fulfill that 
 
 Many times. I can fulfill things in this Book 
 
 Many times I can and with God's help also fulfill 
 
 All things in this book at the Last. 
 
 MEMORIES OF PRESENT TIME. 
 
 I ain well satisfied, those not pleased may go to 
 I hear this Light soon shine. I was out of record paper 
 back track from the Clover-dale. I tell you by memory. 
 I lose myself, heavy dark, dark night. Feeling so heavy I 
 
158 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 lay down thorns hold me up. I coming around about and 
 coming straight down from the Gey-ser, I was telling you 
 about the guy I came weary, weary along, see the signs of 
 the times again. I know I Am near the farmer. I wish to 
 leave the sheet. 
 
 I go again inside his straw stack. I am weary again. In a 
 few minutes he comes to tell me I acted this I told him I did 
 it a purpose. He said his notion was of the black snake order, 
 and then to fire me. Of course I did not want to retail any 
 of my fire, so I did not take up the black snake to him. I 
 told him not to bother go let me alone. He went shortly, 
 silently. 
 
 I left and came in the night. 
 
 He never seen me he never lost anything by me. 
 
 I think the farmer is a dry hard egg dry and bad most 
 times. My God above, I am no prophet to save them. I will 
 only speak for the Two Hayseed keep them in cool water. 
 
 My God above, I need brain food All-wright, my Boy; 
 you a head absorb it. 
 
 And the red man, they respect Great Spirit wonderfully. 
 Of course, do as you like with the Jews. I think it a losing 
 game, to hold off for any of them. 
 
 I can hear the women cry. 
 
 But, my God above, you cannot gain respect by mild treat- 
 ment. I have seen it tried too long. 
 
 They respect God in a small way. 
 
 I think the Two Hay seed you made Electrict and redman. 
 The negro I do not know what to say my God above all 
 burn or do as you can. 
 
 But please save the Two Hay seed. 
 
 Make us a match we away out of way. You fire top of 
 heap first we will keek keep away out of fire. 
 
 The farmer has a bad shell -best crack him open same as 
 the rest. 
 
 Save the Two Hay seed. I will try if you wish to round 
 the herd up to follow Gabriel's Testatent Cir-cus and you 
 say as please. I suppose I mean they can come as they 
 please. 
 
 I am terribly serious. 
 
 Up, I enjoyed my trip; never less I am very glad I started 
 for a Clover-dale. I stop three minutes by the way. I en- 
 joyed myself coming back walking dead asleep. In this 
 place I will leave my picture something as I looked honest 
 my shoo heavy by the wayside. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 159 
 
 My God above, you know you say in the last verses of Old 
 Testament : 
 
 Elijah comes to keep them from the curse. 
 
 My God above, I give my feelings of the case, my respect to 
 you in this Book that is Great Spirit Cuplids does for 1 as 
 a man, I am a know nothing about it. What's that ? 
 
 I am satisfied my world mind was killed Dead and knock 
 out of me Spirit making room to say these things, which 
 man on earth could know nothing of. 
 
 And again, Angel Gabriel can dictate to me. 
 
 I almost find I do contradict what I am made to do. 
 
 I think you must have made me a purpose. 
 
 I can remember when saying my name is mud ; and ap- 
 parently by this record my remembrance tells me my name's 
 mud this book built around that life. 
 
 Making a mud ball of that sentence. 
 
 This book has collected my entire life. 
 
 That is, most of it. The lawyers may find out in this Book 
 that some one contradicts. I let them prove case contradic- 
 tions. You know we said there was Father, Son and Holy 
 Spirit. 
 
 I think, my God above, that I, the Son, chip in too often, 
 and I cannot continue to say that, either, for I was Dead, and 
 I think Spirit can make this just as He wish. 
 
 Let the lawyers find contradictions to tell you let them 
 plead their case to the breeze before they come to you. 
 
 That is about the way I feel towards them. 
 
 You know I am a crank and know-nothing, never big head 
 towards you. If I run over a few on the world I suffer for 
 it. My opinion is my right. My God above, allow me to 
 stop my contradictions. I expect I am beginning to wake 
 from the half Dead again. I hope you will. 
 
 I know you see me when I stave myself away and ask 
 Spirit to do for me writing as please Him above. I can do no 
 more than say every word in this is sacred to me I believe 
 all, and I think this is for the best. It is a change. Many 
 of them cannot respect anything. Many and many do not 
 respect, the Old or New Testament. 
 
 I know this to be a fact. This may please some. It allows 
 choice. They do not deserve it. They should, and I must 
 say, they must believe the other. 
 
 The son, as the flesh of man on earth, knows nothing of 
 God. 
 
 They cannot see. I, as son of God, do believe all Books 
 
100 GABEIEI/S TESTATENT. 
 
 He claims this far in ages of time, I believe, and I am sincere 
 and keep them sacred. I know of only two that is the Bible 
 and this Gabriel's Trumpet. Of course, there is a good deal 
 of guy, apparently, about this, but it most certainly indicates 
 the times I am sincere at heart. I am heavy at heart about 
 it. I would not do one slight act against God or this Book 
 or the Bible for the coin on the globe, every bit of it. It 
 would not move rny determination in that direction. 
 
 And I say I can blow that sentiment forever. 
 
 I cannot tell why I am a crank Boy, but think my mind 
 was made and educated for the purpose, 
 
 And I am sure I have the spirit that tries to do right. 
 
 When I write these things that apparently contradict each 
 I can say it better, you understand the body of the Book does 
 not contradict itself. God has been accused of contradicting 
 Himself in the Bible. The man lies who says it. God did 
 not give him reason to understand His way. Man places his 
 judgment against God's and that is pure, sharp, distilled 
 ignorance. 
 
 God, who holds all things, the fly man should not contra- 
 dict. The man who contradicts, disbelieves what God speaks 
 in this Book is a fool. 
 
 It is the nature and Spirit of God. 
 
 I am sure it is written by intention to benefit these times. 
 
 I am sure it is written by the Spirit of 
 
 I will not say. I cannot, because I cannot fathom the en- 
 tire mysteries of the sky any more than by this Book. 
 
 I am no as tronomer and I do not want to be. 
 
 I know there are stars planets moving that's what. 
 
 Any person can see that studies the heavens. 
 
 I do not know what is on any of them I do know what 
 is on this one 
 
 Neither does any man on this earth know what is on the 
 rest of them. I am sure I do not care to know anything 
 further about it until I am dead again, and then I expect to 
 go on a picknick. I think I should contain nothing but hope 
 according to this promise to me. 
 
 Which, I must say, I, as the son of man, never expected. 
 So you may know the Spirit of God tells me just as He wish. 
 ,1 am sure I was intended to write this. My name has always 
 been Elijah. But I will tell you plain, this was a sur- 
 prise to me. I wished for this style of business, but never 
 expected such a gigan-tic scheme as this was going on about 
 me. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. ' 161 
 
 Find where these lines are contradicted if you can. The 
 study may do you good. 
 
 I am pleased when I see in this Book God has a way of 
 protected Himself from the opinions and thoughts of men. 
 The very breeze holds down the minds of men. I believe if 
 they collect and hold the proper spirit, it leaves a mo- 
 ment too quick before they die, like electricity, can 
 go through every pore in the skin. For that reason, I hope 
 forever to have a clean body. If my electric spirit strength 
 comes and goes that w r ay I must be clean to gain the electric 
 of the air. 
 
 I do not intend to go off naked for the business either. 
 
 By nature the red man is pleased the way he is. Adam 
 behaved himself naked, and w r e can see there things contra- 
 dicting. There is no understanding allowed man to cover all 
 the ways of nature in this world. As I am the only sen- 
 tence that covers my mind is that I respect my God above. 
 
 PICTURE OF LIFE. 
 
 When in the barn on journey I was prest-on to produce 
 this last picture of my life. I do not give it as a slur on 
 myself. 
 
 I can say I felt worse than this picture. 
 
 Many of my Friends know my foot was sore from kicking 
 along the way. Blister was nothing my foot raw skin and 
 bone. 
 
 I do not like to quit this Work. Now I am coming at the 
 end but I fear I am coming out fishing with my own hook, 
 and I hope my God above will be pleased if I walk the rest of 
 the tune out of me, and straight ahead I do the best I can. 
 
 The future I cannot see. 
 
 It seems to me that in the beginning God knew all things, 
 or commenced in the beginning, and brings all things down to 
 the future. 
 
 I am satisfied I can never see God's ways until I am Dead 
 again. 
 
 Therefore was I Dead to write this Book. 
 
 I think I was. 
 
 God's Great Spirit kept my flesh alive and moving as He 
 wished. By that circumstance I blame myself for nothing on 
 earth. I think it was intended I should see all the evils of 
 life to write the Pictures of evil life. I believe God wished 
 
162 
 
 GABRIEL S TESTATENT. 
 
 me to give this to warn the boys of future time, to keep them 
 from' small tricks of all description, of all nature. 
 
 A boy is excusable if he does not know. 
 
 A man is not ; he should know better. 
 
 If he does a small trick of any description, he is not a man. 
 Perhaps such will not esteem this Book. It is most of all to 
 warn and show the evil life. Evil life is low. God's Way is 
 sacred to me. 
 
 This Book descends the life of man very low 
 
 I am satisfied this life of mine is an average of these States. 
 
 I know these dirty Pictures of crime are live and swarming 
 in U. States. I have seen them myself and know. 
 
 I think my intellect is capable of knowing what I see. 
 
 I profit when I see truth. You can believe as I tell you, 
 the,<e things are not proper to exist. You need not be a" fool, 
 because I was made to prove these things to warn others. I 
 was compelled to prove this to appreciate truth. 
 
 To warn others, it took me years to work up. It took all 
 help I believe that God gives to man determination of will 
 and all attractions of nature. The Spirit of God made me in 
 some way I do not know how and now, of course, not 
 ashamed of myself, God made me suit the purpose. I do not 
 believe he takes the trouble with every boy; but if they have 
 the determination to make themselves, it is something to be 
 proud of. 
 
 I did all in my power to improve myself. 
 
 When I found I was not improving. 
 
 I worked firm in spirit. I can say I believe I helped the 
 Spirit of God make myself for the purpose. I never in all my 
 life did such except I was made to believe it for own good. 
 
 It is a fool's way of doing. 
 
 The United States does not need any more characters like 
 my own. 
 
 No boy need make himself a sign of himself. To warn oth- 
 ers I was made. I will fulfill the purpose. 
 
 I am the scrub's Saviour. 
 
 If I had not grow and model a pattern of yourself. 
 
 Be original do not copy where it is low. It is evident 
 God Himself has instructed Spirit that He needs no more 
 scrubs in the world. 
 
 Stand still where you are. Never lower yourself. Place 
 your determination to work straight ahead. Build yourself 
 upward. Commence in this Book where your mind says you 
 fit firm Avork up. 
 
PICTUSE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 163 
 
 If you think yourself higher than this book, I have no more 
 to say. When you tell me that personally, I am sore about 
 it, and would forever say you could go to hell. 
 
 Because I am sincere to sad to say this is dictated and the 
 Word of God ; and there is nothing low about the style, ex- 
 cept the picture of your own character characters in the 
 United States and elsewhere. 
 
 I am willing to say elsewhere, especially for I am an 
 American. My choice is the noble red man I respect. With 
 some there is a chance for improvement. 
 
 Elsewhere but especially on the Pacific Coast and South. 
 I am pleased w ? ith the noble pale face still. 
 
 With most of them there is a chance for improvement. 
 
 I know the Pacific Coast quite well. I have heard about a 
 few of the boys elsewhere. 
 
 I will not make a speech to the girls because I am one of 
 the boys. 
 
 I am, and I can say to the boys that the girls are not per- 
 fect by a long sight. I have heard of them. 
 
 I have and I claim one of them myself. There is a chance 
 for improvement. 
 
 It now stands on even race, and by and by my Trumpet 
 I hope the boys can keep ahead of them. Man was made 
 boss in the beginning. 
 
 And I know I say if I ever Mary before I get to Venus 
 I will be boss head of the family. 
 
 Of course I went along for years in a good humor. She 
 thought me a simple hayseed flickety, fly-up. 
 
 But I was sure she was no good I got 
 
 She see me with the sack on the highway. I will return 
 the sack at any time for I love and respect no one but God 
 above. I feel so small of course I respect Him greatly. He 
 holds in the stars and planets according to my theory. 
 
 They are the worst on the surface in His this is to wash 
 and burn one of them over. 
 
 And I hope it will make a big, a very big, stink. 
 
 Because I think God's power, His self protection, sufficient 
 to hold and quench down, consume, all stench under the fly 
 wheel band. 
 
 Of course He at some time purified and melted this one 
 down to rocks and soil ashes; but this is now growing a coat 
 over the soil that should burn to ashes and then to pure lye. 
 
 God is not satisfied with anything but the strength of 
 
 And dry rank smell of pure cleanliness. 
 
GABRIEL'S TESTATKNT. 
 
 So I advise you to burn, burn very slow. They wash out 
 the lye, until you are as pure as snow. 
 
 Coming again, I expect I am compelled to walk, walk off. 
 If my God above does not corapell me, I will promise I 
 will not write poe-try any more. 
 
 My God above, I like the job, I am peculiar Joe. 
 But if you don't stop me they they can break about me a 
 leg with a corn cob. i am working myself down to raw skin 
 and bone. 
 
 At last pull my ear and take me home. 
 I ain Baby Joe's Old Son-o-ma's pet. 
 I am the boy to please my girl so never will fret, 
 I want to come to you in future time. 
 
 I am willing to leave this d place still I feel quite fine 
 
 I wish to stay until you call me home. 
 Then I will leave the flesh they can pulverize the bone. 
 I have worked I hope i will gain may I please my fair. 
 Then I will take her home, and deal on the square. 
 
 I have told her she was judge I am Antonio, 
 She can place me the jug if my nose gets sore. 
 She can stay with me by the lock-up, or trust me with the key. 
 [f she thinks she can do better let her stay away from me. 
 If with me she is pleased and thinks I Am the boy, 
 She can travel with my Cir-cus, have lots of joy. 
 
 But if she thinks she can come and run the fair, 
 She had better go cut, cut hair cut cut short her hair. 
 I am the single act-man no other need come to help, 
 If she wants more chippy down clip, chip her down to the 
 
 scalp. . 
 
 I do not want her to run with everything in town. 
 If she thinks me a splint, I can say to me she is not bound. 
 She can come to me, together we will be free, 
 To my mind she is the picture of liberty. 
 I have written much about Noble Power, 
 To me she is live liberty, God's sweetest flower. 
 I have written much about Quiet Force, 
 m Please let me quit and follow the quiet course. 
 While earth rolls by God's Power, I could continue this 
 song. 
 
 I limp along and hop along, improving, ease the pain of 
 time. I was sold myself a purpose. I eased off my course to 
 pass straight ahead stop. 
 
 Preach M. Wan a maker might get up his back up he 
 might find I throw heavy shoo at the preacher kind. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 165 
 
 But the preacher should be modest, patient about the time 
 he weds they should. God gives the Word by His own 
 prophets writes His law. 
 
 His Words are plain He says what He means. A preach- 
 er has no reason to interpret further what God means. Such 
 preacher becomes mysterious lose reason. 
 
 Hold ! God above gave them none they vanish. 
 
 They profess to interpret, revise, etc., God's Word. 
 
 They are Adam heads genuine, Adam dead heads. Many 
 of them I see of all things I do despise. 
 
 And some have insisted with me, saying I was passed re- 
 demption when I believed Christ was only Christ and they 
 insisted he was God Himself "three-in-one" (their proof 
 statement), and they would throw that three-in-one up to me 
 until I could kick them away if there is three in One, that 
 One is God above and they insisted God was in side of Christ 
 (words to that effect) fools I wish they kick hell. 
 
 Of course, their kind think they know it nearly all. I, 
 a boy, I could see through it, why could not they? 
 
 God would be disgusted. Soon His Spirit conies. 
 
 Then this Book is BY SPIRIT AGENT, Word of God, to 
 sprout fresh preachers. 
 
 They ask sing talk praise Saviour well. When he 
 comes they do not know him from an imp of hell. 
 
 Telling me and insisting that Christ is God when I know 
 well 
 
 Some of them dam I could kick to the road to hell, 
 
 If they would take the Word Christ gave them, they would 
 very soon find Christ's Spirit Maker above mankind. 
 
 You Adam preachers could not comprehend like the noble 
 Indian, your mind so small-to wards God thinks God Him- 
 self. 
 
 All Himself in you or any other man. 
 
 You preachers like Ingersoll says Christ was God think 
 what fools will a preacher man think me claiming so much in 
 this Book. Will they think God Himself has come in-side. 
 
 Think what an ignorant fool you would be to think so. 
 God sends His SPIRIT to write for Him. 
 
 I think God is well pleased just the same Himself. 
 
 Preachers remember learn your ABC. 
 
 God made all even in seven days gave light spread the 
 sea out over space can you understand to believe the first of 
 the book preacher. 
 
168 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 get along with no one of this world wait this is private 
 worldly subject expressed for effect go on. 
 
 I must say, and this book shows plain I cannot get along 
 with white folks. 
 
 If the red man wants me can have me 
 
 Tick, tick God above says He is out of the business also. 
 
 Says He turns the pale face over to statue liberty. 
 
 You may absorb from the fly-wheel-band, and the breeze 
 will sift you where you belong according to mind. 
 
 Please remember to keep God sacred that breeze respects 
 God. 
 
 Your minds must improve in that way liberty will attract 
 your attention monkey-shines the other way from God. 
 
 When you are better, you are perhaps between the respect 
 towards God coming from liberty, then go straight ahead and 
 save yourself. 
 
 God leaves liberty as your judge, and I can tell you she is 
 rather cool. If you wait for a live modest specimen of liberty, 
 you may commence thinking about the last chance, an save 
 yourself. 
 
 Tick, tick, tick God says He is out of the business stick 
 to liberty. 
 
 I assure you my name is entirely out of the saviour busi- 
 ness. I am Two Strikes Cuplids, and the Jew is still out in 
 the cold, if he don't side in for the red man. 
 
 God has given His promise to the Indian last. 
 
 And the last must come first, and the first last. The Jews 
 have waited a good while for the prophet Elijah ; but the 
 Indian is waiting for his Christ, and it is the first one he ever 
 had and the last one this country would want, I should 
 think, if I remember about what is written previous to this. 
 
 I have waited some five to seven years for a live liberty to 
 judge me, and she does not keep time with me yet. 
 
 This little Book I write while I am waiting. 
 
 It shows a very small amount of my love to God. 
 
 He will not let me praise Him. 
 
 I expect He is safe, and wants me to kick to benefit a tough 
 country. You may see in this book a VERY, very little of my 
 love to God. It appears to me He will only let Spirit write 
 His love of me and I see no reason why He should think so 
 much of me. 
 
 Of course I love God through space. I do not know why I 
 love God. 
 
 But one thing I do know, everybody else has given me the 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 169 
 
 sack and God the only one who thinks to praise me and of 
 course He is just about to give the sack this thing cannot 
 last forever. 
 
 My Boy Joe, this much printed and I will give some Spirits 
 to instruct you forget and disconnect the battery. 
 
 Save your picture just about as you looked on the voyage 
 about the time you struck earth coming from the Clover-dale. 
 
 A PART OF ME THINK OF IT. 
 
 My folks placed place for sale. Of course, I greatly regret, 
 but me they would not mind. 
 
 I told them I would buy it myself but me they said 
 they never would mind. 
 
 They respect me equal as much, about as much as they re- 
 spect God. I positively say they dislike me. 
 My mother respects and loves me I suppose more than any 
 on earth. 
 
 The rest of my family can go to , like the balance burn 
 
 on nature's hearth. 
 They quarrel and snub at me they theyself I suppose it does 
 
 them good. 
 My mother cried and beg me not to go away she does as my 
 
 mother should. 
 
 When I in love she tried to hold me and kick me off the track 
 I assured her I was not going to wed I want experience and 
 
 then was coming back, 
 
 She begged and cried me to wait she using all her power 
 But I had to take the trip I was clean out of wisdom flower. 
 Before leaving gave her all my security I had in the world, 
 That I would not wed in courtship while the sails were 
 
 unfurled, 
 
 So I went my way and continued for years. 
 She seen I could not mind her so she dried up her tears 
 When I am away she fears for my life; 
 If she does not know where I am she is gloom and strife 
 She does not know my character writing day and night so fast 
 She thinks I am a failure and will be sold at the last 
 I hope this book save her she at present never cares for God 
 
 above. 
 Some day I hope this show her I am a boy that knows how 
 
 to love. 
 
 No human knows my writing which I do not care to show 
 Some day they may buy, then my character they will know. 
 
1TO 
 
 GABKIEL S TESTATENT. 
 
 I worry and bother when they will not mind and treat me 
 well, 
 
 I shoo and kick them all force I can down towards hell. 
 
 They may at least respect me for having a mind of my own, 
 
 I can say they think I am worse than a crank in my own 
 home. 
 
 To the rest of the world I do not know what to say, 
 
 I hope the wasp-nest will guide you the way. 
 
 Of course I stand alone against all the world, 
 
 And I am going ahead all sails unfurled. 
 
 My best girl makes me a genuine cuckoo. 
 
 I am quite sure the red man would not know me from 
 
 big hoo-doo, 
 So I must give the entire world my shoo shine shoo. 
 
 I show it makes me cry to think of God's love 
 
 Of me, a simple boy everybody likes to tramp and shove, 
 
 So I expect He will help me further, will send me some His 
 Power; 
 
 I have with His help struggled continuously for the Wisdom 
 Flower. 
 
 I am sure God will find out when this goes in print. 
 
 Please, God above, let me qut, I commence so sorry, I want 
 you see me limp, 
 
 My foot so raw and sore, kicking along the road of life, 
 
 I have returned again near to my gloom and strife. 
 
 Please send me some your Power to help me on the way, 
 
 And at last let them take me near my God above I wish to 
 stay 
 
 To come to you near you I wish to stay forever stay. 
 
 Please let me qit kicking at them I will take a hack 
 
 I am laid up to think of my trip to the old straw stack. 
 I have struggled along over mountains of pain, 
 1 want to come, leave this, when I am dead again. 
 I have come on through life a simple common boy, 
 I wish some help if this letter gives you joy. 
 
 I, my God above, come to you, I always try correct a lie 
 before it is out of my trap. 
 
 I am the boy who never lies, I am at your door with mail, 
 
 My God above, please hear me rap, rap, rap. 
 
 My foot is bleeding sore, I limped far without my pay, 
 
 Please let me come in the Home of the Free, to rest on the way 
 
 I stop I am sick in morning my meal must be brought 
 to me. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 171 
 
 I have come so far I am used up. 
 
 My mother many times told me I was carrying the mail too 
 far, but I could not mind her. 
 
 I continue and no\v at the last, my God above, I am wait- 
 ing around at the Last. 
 
 Please let me in the Home I have journeyed 
 Far from the men of the world, and I have some 
 Mail. Please overlook my impudence 
 
 When I come and rap rap rap. 
 
 I hope, my God above, I may prove my pictures I bring. 
 They were taken in the world, they are true of life. 
 Please take and say I am your poor little Joe or fan Boy. 
 The Gate stretched firm swings wide open 
 Joe is lifted and carried faint, weak and weary in the Last. 
 
 GOD'S CARE OF ELIJAH. 
 
 Read record 910 years before Christ, 1st Kings, 17 ch., 1 to 
 16th verse. This Gabriel's Trumpet spreads out the life of 
 Elijah, and gives further details of character than the Old 
 Testament. 
 
 I hope it will benefit this age as much as Elijah did 910 
 years before Christ. 
 
 His life is recorded true. God's Word is always taken 
 from truth. Actions are recorded as they happen. The man 
 or woman who will not take God's Word must at the Last be 
 very, very sorry for it. The consequence of such a small 
 mind they cannot know. God's ways are so immense they 
 cannot tell the consequence. 
 
 Him who handles all the planets will not personally to each 
 man. He has agents for the purpose. Please remember the 
 breeze sifts. 
 
 Respect it as God's agent. 
 
 Simple man cannot understand God's ways. I have seen 
 men in the present age who believe the earth flat. I can 
 prove the statement to any one of this age that stretches out 
 the view to immensity. 
 
 There are millions all over the world, they do not believe 
 God's Power to handle planets with the swiftness of electricity. 
 It is almost impossible for the common mind to grasp the 
 gigantic proportions and size of God's Power. Take this Book 
 it does no harm. Your crime should leave you for your 
 own good. You are a gone her when you stick to She. 
 
 God's ways are too big for you to understand, so take His 
 
172 'GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Word to you the Bible follow this Gospel truth. Follow 
 both of them and you are safe. This little Book deals mostly 
 with the first chapter in the Bible. 
 
 The world did not obey God's Word, on an average, any 
 better than Adam and Eve. 
 
 I can say for sure they spirit stick, stick, and degenerate 
 they spirit stays in the world and gives life to the lowest ani- 
 mals. They spirit does not fly by electricity love. They 
 cannot soar to the Home of God, because God has no use for 
 them there. 
 
 Simplicity will not keep a man or woman from gaining 
 God's Electricity the negroes and the red man have it to a 
 wonderful extent. I do not say all of them get to the Home 
 of God for they do not always obey the Word of God. 
 Their mind gives them away. The red man who knows noth- 
 ing about the advice to Adam and Eve, comes nearer obeying 
 that law to affection. The noble red man is a good pattern 
 for the pale face to many. 
 
 In regard to mammon and marriage those are two things 
 which give the mind of man away to the Last Electricity 
 Breeze and he drops in his own tracks to become something 
 which God does not care to see or have come to him. 
 
 God in the beginning prepared. 
 
 Men grow up from nothing. He never seen them to 
 make them. Then they are not His children. If they 
 grow up and do not love God He does not lose them. He 
 will not take ever stiuk-er of the world. He would soon have 
 a hell of a mess in the Home of the Free. 
 
 They are sifted by the breeze measure as they deserve. 
 
 God's way is too much for you to understand. You had 
 better take His Word He gives. .Do not go around saying 
 He is lying to you, because He does not care, He does not hear 
 you. You dam yourself certainly. This Book shows he does 
 not care for men of the world. 
 
 By this Book His Promise is fulfilled. He damns the 
 world. 
 
 At the last you must take care and try and save yourself 
 for the last. God will do no more for man than give His 
 Word. And the man who follows God's ways God's 
 Laws deals with nature. 
 
 Gain the Electricity by this record, and save yourself. God 
 never knows you if you don't you descend you descend too 
 low to think any more about. 
 
 I think I will quit. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 173 
 
 I know I love God, and God Himself only I love none 
 else. I don't give Adam for any man on earth, and I will 
 not write any more by this. 
 
 Personally I will never save one of you. 
 
 But if you take this word, which is myself, dictated as the 
 Spirit of God wishes you may save yourself, and improve 
 from what you are at present. 
 
 Do not say you are perfect. You are a fool if you do. 
 
 Best you climb above the mind of fool big head. I write 
 this from Spirit. Any one who praises the flesh of man for it 
 is a fool. You all respect the flesh in one way or another. 
 Some respect the Jesus Saviour (name) If they read his 
 word they will find he WAS an ordinary man. 
 
 The man is a fool who claims Christ (Jesus) made begin- 
 ning. 
 
 Bob Ingersoll, one of the wise men of the present age, says 
 Christ was God and blames Christ for not telling the world 
 something to protect humanity from all future cruelty. 
 
 He is a fool according to God's estimation. 
 
 He must think God small to kill Christ forever. 
 
 To punish him forever for the world. 
 
 Christ wished to leave before his time was up. So do I. 
 
 I will leave. 
 
 Follow me if you can if not you are handled by nature 
 (the same) I may never see you. Each one's future is what 
 each one deserves. 
 
 I will say no more. Old stags, I may not help very 
 much. Little boys, I hope to show them the way to become 
 men and they may see they are safe, if they get up as high 
 as Our Fan-Boy Joe. 
 
 I will sign this I give as his recommendation. 
 
 I AM THE I AM SPIRIT THAT HELP HIM. 
 
 So I must quit and let him eat. His foot is sore. His hair 
 is almost dead, and that is about the last thing that perish. 
 He has returned to earth from the journey, packing the Mail 
 and Lights in Son-o-ma C-Cal and I will say has God's 
 permission to publish His SIGNATURE to his Book but he 
 will not do it, as the only Joe thinks God respects him too 
 much. 
 
 He was in evil, and remembers God's Spirit gave him a 
 purpose as a warning to others to see the trouble to save one 
 man. 
 
 Each one must save himself. 
 
GABRIELS TESTATENT. 
 
 Joe is a quiet farmer eats the hen egg if he wants to. He 
 is independent as the hog in ice in A ice-box. 
 
 The girl that gave him the sack may read this and judge 
 his character. This Book is his life. If she likes she may 
 take him according to this record. 
 
 If she does leave him to take another she is a gone her 
 because the Word was given to him. 
 
 You must come in the same eve hold the same course. 
 
 You must hold to the same one that started Quiet Force. 
 
 And if she goes back on him it is not fair play. 
 
 It is the best thing in the world to give a man the sack. It 
 turns the mind to purity that is the only correct way. She 
 must be bold enough to give man up entirely leave him 
 without hope. Liberty is the only one cool enough. Statue 
 Liberty is American Josh. 
 
 Live Liberty take the Original Liberty as the model and 
 she is Antonio's Venus. She again returned to earth. Mary 
 Al-ice Tail-or strumpet. Through her Gabriel was 
 born again. Through her came the Quiet Force the Spirit 
 of John to Joe-Joseph. She, by remarkable judgment, aided 
 to mature the mind of simple Joe. 
 
 He again says : 
 
 I sign as the copyist who has permission to copy. 
 
 In my Master's absence do not judge my Master. 
 
 As He is absent, and this could not show all His sense, 
 
 Yours then and Yours now. 
 
 I am yours simply, JOE. 
 
 I am Joe now I will not take any more again on earth 
 I have to work my passage. I save myself. Believe me 
 serious when I say I am glad of the sack. Believe me, I 
 have kicked along until my foot is sore. 
 
 I am tired, sick, heavy at heart. It is small, but what 
 there is is as solid as the rock. 
 
 I have, a short time ago, found a mate to it and will in 
 this life pack it to my grave that is to say, I will never lose 
 my heart again while I live. 
 
 Mine is as hard as rock, (see) the other one is same as stone, 
 which I may lose at any time without serious danger to life. 
 
 Blow, Blow, Blow Mary Sant-a Rosa toots Gabriel's 
 Trumpet. 
 
 It should appear to any sensible man that the spirits of 
 men have been left in the world for ages and the Great Spirit 
 fulfills their work at Last. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. lT5 
 
 There should be no doubt, some of them had noble quali- 
 ties. 
 
 Perhaps they for ages handle some one action of man to 
 fulfill God's purpose in that way they gain in ages, they 
 gain their freedom. I am satisfied some descend and come to 
 the lowest dog on the street. I am satisfied the way of nature 
 can make them give vitality to the sneaking cur. 
 
 And they in the street are the picture of the actions of 
 Adam, descended from the beginning. 
 
 They at the first stick, and become ashamed of themselves. 
 All may look they 'so ashamed but cannot get over the act 
 they matured in the man. 
 
 God does not care to see them. His law of nature keeps 
 them away. Some may say they do not care they will take 
 it as it comes. If God wants to act that way it is all right. 
 
 But they must remember God made all things Breeze 
 Electricity Planets Sky-Tent and all things. 
 
 THAT is SOMETHING IMMENSE. 
 
 And also He made the Law that governs and divides the 
 Spirits of man and it is best you obey His Law. 
 
 He will not change. He gave the world in beginning. 
 
 He made all 
 
 Adam disobeyed the Power of God could not take His 
 Word. The same has proceeded for ages. Again if you 
 would take the word Spirit Christ gave you would be saved. 
 Some imagine all the world was saved by Christ, the Spirit 
 Saviour. Is it true? 
 
 Christ said to those of his time, they would not be- 
 lieve his word. I do not remember any of the New Testa- 
 ment myself, but I believe it written by the same law which 
 writ.es this Testatent. 
 
 The Spirits of the world are improving (some of them) 
 gradually. But by this record God must have the next age 
 improve more or there will be hell to pay. The present age 
 not perfect should improve. There are Two Hay seed kept 
 out of the fire. 
 
 The rest stack yourselves for protection, but be calm about 
 it. A crowd at a fire is no good, those on the bottom may 
 get used up as bad as the last who gets scorched blister, 
 who rarely cares for his life. The only way to do is to wait 
 patiently, gain all the Electricity you can. 
 
 God will, perhaps, give orders slowly. He generally 
 does. 
 
176 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 I say wait patiently and improve life gain Electricty of 
 Spirit. 
 
 God is slow; but when He gives the order He is authority. 
 
 Never takes back the word. 
 
 People of this age do not take life of others or yourself. 
 Take life easy as you can. God will allow you to save your- 
 selves, and then make the Two Hay seed come in life and 
 start the future age of the world. They will be the models 
 of the future generation of the world, because they obeyed 
 God Law in the Old Testament. 
 
 They will be Adam and Eve, for the future world may un- 
 derstand them. They will be in the Garden of Eden, and 
 will obey God's Law in the Old Testament. 
 
 The future generation will have a great advantage which 
 the other could not have. The other Adam could not write a 
 Book for his offspring. And we know God is somewhat over 
 the Sky-Tent, and did not wish to come in and make a little 
 stink of Himself to come in this little world. 
 
 He handles the planets. Man must cultivate the Spirit be- 
 fore they leave. The Spirit has gradually improved in many 
 ways. We have inventions that should surprise all ages when 
 they hear how they were invented. 
 
 How our common, ordinary men by deed and by heavy 
 study, night and day, by perseverance, studied out the won- 
 derful inventions of steam and electricity. 
 
 Who is the man who cannot feel for his fellow man who has 
 given to the world such inventions? 
 
 Edison is a pattern. The study of his mind was not play. 
 I have gall to tell him he was given a purpose a purpose. 
 I praise God's Spirit. 
 
 Ed son I do not know anything about Edison. I do 
 not know if he likes God or not, but I can say he should re- 
 flect on the future, for his own good. 
 
 Follow this my Electric invention. 
 
 His inventions improve the understanding of Electricity, 
 which has existed for a great time, but he was the one man 
 made to bring it to perfection. He knows there is Electricity 
 but cannot tell what it was made from. I hope he will take 
 the words in this Book as truth and Electrict Gospel. I am 
 quite sure he can save himself. There is much Electricity. 
 
 Talk about him about there one man may escape to live 
 a happy life. And there many others all of you wait until 
 you die and then see what becomes of you. 
 
 Do not jump off the earth, and kill yourself to escape the 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 177 
 
 fire. It will not do you any good. Yoa will burn in hell 
 anyway if you deserve it. 
 
 You must sift yourselves prepare for the breeze measure. 
 
 We are all here in a place in for it. I will take my chances 
 with the rest, for God's promise in this Book saves Two Hay 
 Seed to lead the way to be the model-match to touch off and 
 burn this generation, and then show the style for future gen- 
 eration to cut out brand their calves by good-by. 
 
 Take care of yourselves. 
 
 I am going again. 
 
 I took a trip with God's mail once, and wish to go again. 
 I was pleased with the journey. I am simple Joe at present, 
 and perhaps you think I would not like to leave this Adam 
 place you are mistaken for I would, but I intend to stick it 
 out until 
 
 For God above kill me quick I should gradually wear out 
 by nature, rust my flesh away and leave my Spirit pure at the 
 heart. For that purpose I use plenty of water pure and cool. 
 
 Inside and out especially inside and outside. 
 
 I make a pure water boiler of myself, and do not get up 
 steam with fire-water. 
 
 Take care of yourselves the next generation's a long time 
 to come. 
 
 Be sure to keep the breath dry cool pleasant taste. 
 
 The next generation may model after the Two Hay seed. 
 They are purified to the bone. All their flesh is fresh and 
 sweet. They are to be the models for the future generation. 
 
 They are to be known as the Electrict man and Woband. 
 
 God will bring them together a purpose for a purpose and 
 if God is pleased and allows this to come to earth gives some 
 one on earth power and understanding to write this the fu- 
 ture had best take it as truth for the Spirit of God never 
 comes to extent by one who lives, without a purpose. I want 
 no other purpose except of this description never did since I 
 was on earth. I never will change. I am satisfied with my 
 work. 
 
 God allows me to bring this to earth, and no one need kick 
 back at me or be offended. I am simply Joe. 
 
 I hate to leave at the Last, but I must go. 
 
 Each save yourselves, I think you have plenty of time. 
 
 Use what you have to good advantage at least. Be quiet, 
 and use yourself to be quiet and steady straight, square 
 ahead business. While I am on earth I will do the best I 
 can. 
 
178 
 
 GABRIEL'S TE&TATKNT. 
 
 I hope the future will be pleased with Electricity man and 
 Woband. 
 
 They will be quiet and live in a modest way. 
 They will come to earth they love work and play 
 Together mind equal balanced, some serious the Light of 
 
 the mind 
 When they do stop together they love but work most the 
 
 time. 
 
 They Electricity collected by long delay 
 They come to the earth, but do not wish to stay. 
 If you want any more of this, sing it yourself. 
 Or go around the Book and come in the other way. 
 I must leave this and become the original Joe. 
 I still at this date have the sack, and expect to for three 
 years from the date I commenced to hear and copy Gabriel's 
 Trumpet and of course that is not long, when I remember 
 one year is nearly one-half of three. 
 
 I leave you my picture to have you imagine how I feel 
 about this business. 
 
 Compliments of Joe to Virgin Mary. Was I for First and Last entire through 
 Garden gate. You lie if you say so. 
 
 I Am, JOE. 
 
PICTURE . SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 179 
 
 Please do not trace pass the premise I positive feel bad. 
 
 Or worse at present ray friend is D Di on, and I cannot 
 praise him in this Book. I will praise him personally and I 
 cannot do that as he will not let me. He does all he can for 
 me and will not take praise. 
 
 I am poor, old sickly settled Antonio, Launcelot came to 
 cheer up and of course I was excited about it and have run 
 myself down about it after I was taken up. I am Two 
 Strikes Anton-I-O-B-ass-an-I-O I am sore. 
 
 I got the sack so can you. The sack does not hurt I am 
 satisfied I have had lots of fun of a hard character I come 
 to hop along day after day. 
 
 Now I must return to be the original Joe. 
 
 This Book was fulfilled in action before it was written. 
 
 I positively say all action I do not say anything else but 
 action. 
 
 By by you know by whom my God above 
 
 You are mine Joe you the tick tick tick it of leave 
 man. 
 
 My God above, one commence to treat me better. Of 
 course, my God above I have nothing further to say. 
 
 Only after this generation please fulfill save two little Hay 
 seed. 
 
 You know what you know they are, you know who, my 
 God above. You know Spirit said, come sit on Your Knee 
 at Last. 
 
 God's two babies come see at last all over God above. 
 
 My God above, when near the last make me again Baby 
 Joe the Son o ma Boy take me as God's boy at the last. 
 
 My God above, to give further respect I can only say in life 
 the story of Boy Joe of Gabriel's Trumpet. Please let me 
 please you by this my one single act. 
 
 I can do nothing more without troubling my God above, 
 and that I never wish to do Please, God, may I run away 
 play I fear to bother I will come if you call me please 
 may I I will not bother you and cry to come pick me up. 
 I will keep clean after this. I will never I will not come 
 around to bother. I will never be so dirty in this picture, 
 my God above, my heart is clean. 
 
 These rags are of the earth gent ladies I intend leav- 
 ing them on the earth to rot. My Spirit and my heart is 
 pure and clean. 
 
 I did not commence this journey to make myself a lady's 
 man and of course I have run around I feel sore and bad. 
 
180 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Tick rap, rap now I want to qit by Jesus Christ 
 
 I must quit. 
 
 Does Spirit drop the Book my God above I respect, I 
 bring respect to many. 
 
 I love in a way that pleases Him in relation present I am 
 working around for Him much as I can please find in these 
 pages. 
 
 I wrote the first and I wrote the last. 
 
 From first one I did not know what I could do in last one, 
 but I believe my God above did I am sure of it I am 
 spirit, my God above is Himself. 
 
 And I try to please no one but my God above. 
 
 And that leave.) me out God above, the only one I must 
 respect, or I am a gone, at the Last by Laws of Nature. On 
 my return journey I take my chances I force myself ahead. 
 I must my God above has my future a secret. He is the 
 
 ONLY ONE WHO KNOW T S IT. 
 
 When I look over the fields, I wonder ever over the fields 
 of night in astonishment. 
 
 My God above, best cut the Electrict cord know I love 
 Thee only. While I stop I try to please only my God above. 
 
 I fear to take the woband, but 1 am years past and far 
 away from my court-ship and my God above has encouraged 
 me many times by this tick, tick for years past has kept me 
 going I wait marriage, can wait. The race must come to 
 naught if it will not defend for the action. 
 
 Myself to know proportion to ask God above to forgive 
 action. 
 
 I know we Cuplids are His children. He said, see like all 
 over and I wonder if this love business of mine is a mate to 
 the mite business. If so the man is a fool who will say I am 
 left at Last because I am certain, through to my life I profit 
 by experience. 
 
 And if Gabriel Spirit which lady I dealing with takes 
 love courtship off wishes her to leave me I am sure it is for 
 the best and I stake my life will I would never marry an- 
 other. 
 
 Because God above has given the Law, saying 
 
 You must hold the same course. 
 
 You must come in the same eve that started the Quiet 
 Force. 
 
 His Electricity that conducts the planets conducts me if I 
 am quiet and easy to follow His Laws, as I have never mar- 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 181 
 
 ried in all my life. I can say if I am left on this, He can 
 treat me the same as the mite business that was wound up 
 to suit me. I had plenty of yarn to return home. 
 
 I am satisfied with my experience in this my last courtship. 
 I have waited years and now when he burns me dead again, 
 then He can place me in the courtship of the future which 
 I know nothing about as the man. 
 
 Cuplids, that writes this, knows all about it. 
 
 Take your journey bread, Boys. Venus is the judge 
 don't try to crowd her. 
 
 Let her take her own time. You look out in another 
 way towards me. She will come around in time. 
 
 But like she is light liberty and you must not crowd 
 her off her perch too soon. She will come to life and lower 
 herself in time and she is now alive and wishes to see you. 
 
 So you can get your court-ship-shape. 
 
 In the next few years prepare for another journey. Take 
 the Journey to me then, I will make you my children again. 
 You are now on earth Gabriel and Mary. 
 
 You can return when worn out at Last. 
 
 Return then the same children that were playing around 
 My Knee. 
 
 You can climb up and hug My Neck again, and I will box 
 and send you to play. 
 
 You can hug about an kiss Me I will stop you when I 
 please. 
 
 When you quit world life, I will take you as My pair of 
 Fleas. Then I can make you the future Electricity man and 
 Woband your little Spirits as the start. 
 
 Now do not say good-bye, Boys because I am with you. 
 It is necessary. My Electricity Spirit is with you when 
 necessary, Fear nothing. 
 
 I am pleased with your love of me. I know your sincerity 
 by heart's tears, and I will ask no one to be My Judge. I 
 take you for My Self. 
 
 Venus can be judge and remember she is simply judge 
 for herself, and that is all. I hope she can take time to ex- 
 amine your case, though and will never be influenced by 
 outside humanity, or the for something attorney for him- 
 self. 
 
 If she turns you loose, stand it like a man. 
 
 If she locks you up for good qualities, stand it also. If you 
 do not respect her, I am not so well pleased. 
 
182 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 If she wishes to lock you up, I am not satisfied when you 
 try to escape. 
 
 So use your good judgment to good advantage, and I will 
 instruct you Two further at the proper time. 
 
 Future time can follow your footsteps. I will not trouble 
 every one in the world. So I give you two now they must 
 follow. 
 
 I give Adam and Eve as a warning they would not be 
 warned now they must follow and sit quite under or they 
 can go to 7 
 
 I will not bother like this again among the curs of the 
 world. 
 
 When I give My Word, it is not my place to come to earth. 
 
 I bother My Spirit to come it has bothered greatly, and 
 makes you two as the pattern the rest must get down and 
 out of big head, or they are gone. 
 
 They must respect you, or I have nothing to do with them, 
 and they remain forever. I make you the model and My 
 only pattern the curs of the world can do as they like about 
 barking at you. 
 
 They may be prepared when My curse reaches them 
 traveling around the world slowly, it can consume all cases 
 as they come, and the last of this generation consumed, you 
 will be respected as Electricity man and woband. 
 
 My model man and woman in the Garden Eden, obeying 
 My Word. 
 
 Without warning they must respect, and follow, and sit un- 
 der. Now good-bye, John. 
 
 Do not fail to help Elias do what is best. 
 
 I give them Statue Liberty for their Josh. When they get 
 through ignorant josh they can come under near you, and 
 then they may be good enough at last to come to me. But 
 they most certainly must respect me above all things on of 
 earth. I am the only Saviour at Last the Jews knew that 
 perfectly. 
 
 It is plain in the Old Testament. 
 
 Spirit Christ came on earth, and I hid myself. Who is the 
 man can say I am not pleased with that action? Who 
 can say I did not know the filthy, slimy set ? 
 
 Who can say I did not know crime existing in the world. 
 
 Now as in the ancient age. 
 
 Who could view such filthy action. The Great Spirit would 
 give life to the brutes in preference. It is best you put it 
 from among you, or I will burn you from it. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 183 
 
 I must purify you, or the Spirit of life on earth {degenerates, 
 and that Spirit originated from Myself. 
 
 And I respect that Spirit, and it is not Myself. 
 
 I am not for Myself I am talking for the talking spirit. 
 
 My Spirit knows I am God above you never know me 
 unless he thinks I will be pleased. I cannot be bothered by 
 every barking hound in the world and I will be pleased 
 when your generation is past, and I commence another. 
 
 All you that are able try to improve, it is best. 
 
 My Laws govern your future the same as ever. A Spirit 
 talks this through the man who lowers his own opinion of 
 himself more than any among you. To me he is the best one 
 among you, and you can find My respect for him in this 
 Book. 
 
 There are no two people alike strike for yourselves but 
 pattern yourselves to round up in this course. 
 
 It is easy, and you can follow any business you choose. 
 There is only one kind of business I have ever advised to 
 leave, and that is crime. 
 
 I even say you can drink fire-water you can burn in hell, 
 also. I do not care what you think but it is best you mind 
 me. In this Book is written that you may know you do not 
 mind me and this book shows plainly I do not claim every 
 one in the world. 
 
 These are My Two children at present I claim no others 
 on earth and, still there is a place for each one of you as you 
 deserve. 
 
 The Sky-Tent is large, but I will not be bothered in the 
 Heavens with curs. 
 
 If you wish to make anything whatever in the future, profit 
 by this Book. 
 
 You cannot respect me unless you respect My Word 
 
 The Bible and this together. 
 
 So I again say, you must take the Bible or be damned. I 
 have been told that is a foolish saying. 
 
 So I will say it again now I mean it you are damned if 
 you cannot take My Word. 
 
 For that reason My Law protects Myself. 
 
 Such minds will never see me when they think themselves 
 as big as God they descend to animals. 
 
 Take this Word for your own good. 
 
 My Boy Joe is weary and sick of writing. I must allow 
 him to but now Good-bye, Joe. I will give you the Spirits, 
 never fear that you are not My Boy. 
 
GABRIELS TESTATENT. 
 
 If we do not succeed one way, we will another. 
 
 Future can remember I talk this to Joe just as I please, 
 and it need bother no one. 
 
 I am talking to him and through him. He is pleased, and 
 others may profit by our conversation. 
 
 His voice is My Own. I do with him just as I please. 
 
 Others must profit, because I will not come to every one. 
 You must follow Us. We have lowered ourselves, and do not 
 feel well about it. We will forever be offended if you do not 
 respect. We are now down low. 
 
 But you must keep under. We need no ruler over us 
 and will not have any. 
 
 My Laws protect me from big head men. 
 
 Read this Book again and study My Ways. 
 
 You have your josh liberty if you can find out more about 
 me than is contained in this Book, I give you your liberty. 
 
 Study the ways of this Book to appreciate liberty. 
 
 I hope now and forever you will want your liberty. 
 
 John, let us stop quiet Joe, keep a clean, sweet, pure 
 heart. 
 
 Do not wish to kill yourself like this any more. And now 
 I set you free. You wished to be My slave now I give you 
 your freedom on earth. You my slave, I made you a purpose 
 and now I will love you forever more. 
 
 Because you never spoke anything but love to me you are 
 coming to me and never will because we have been together 
 and worked these many days, until My Spirit is a part of you. 
 
 Our wires of Electricity connected, I cannot lose you. 
 
 Always respect me as you have, and I am pleased. 
 
 You can journey on through life with a sweet-heart. 
 Change the mind and commence anew. My Laws will finish 
 up the flies for us. 
 
 We must clean our mind all out. 
 
 You must wash pure clean yours it is dangerous to con- 
 tinue We Three shall meet again. 
 
 Do not cry, My Boy Joe Good-Bye. 
 
 Look up cheer up you come up do not fear anything 
 on earth. 
 
 Be good, and when you come I want you. 
 
 Now cheer up we must away remember to be good you 
 free to do as you please. You shall have the Spirits if I have 
 to send them in a part of Myself. 
 
 I will now leave you enough to last your time. I will not 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 185 
 
 work you down until your meal must be brought to your bed 
 and then leave you helpless. 
 
 Cheer up take your mother's advice after while. 
 
 Wash the Dan-ruff off your scalp cheer up good-bye 
 any My Spirits you remember sixteen Devils Power hoop 
 la that's right, smile. 
 
 Well, remember me when I am away I will keep you in 
 Spirits. Do not fear if you commence to run short Spirits 
 come at that time. 
 
 Good-bye, boys. You must stay, John. 
 
 Your Spirits are what he needs. 
 
 And if you are with him I know he is safe. 
 
 All right, Father, I will be one of the Boys. I will keep 
 him out of the fire and the fire-water out of him. I will be 
 his Saviour and Saviour to him only. 
 
 We will give the rest of the world this little Book, and they 
 can save themselves now Father, you know I will stay with 
 him do not worry. 
 
 If we do not succeed one way, we have' patience to wait an- 
 other APPEARANCE. If it does not come, we have patience 
 to wait at the last we will hope to come as close to you, and 
 be with you again. 
 
 We THREE are the Last now say Good-bye in Good 
 Spirits. 
 
 Good-Bye Good-Bye Good-Bye. 
 
 Now, Brother Joe, we cannot have any foolishness. We 
 will not stand any from anybody. We will leave first. You 
 must call yourself little you know what and I will event- 
 ually bring us both out all right. 
 
 Don't you don't you now don't worry. 
 
 I am Joe, and take it all around, am the original little 
 stink and we together will make the biggest stink in the 
 country. 
 
 Brother, you know I am the prophet Eli-as. 
 
 You know I said we had the widow lady, sure pop. 
 
 Yes, and I worked your game wild goose chase now. We 
 will finish picking it we have found it one dark one now 
 we pull the wish bone and be 
 
 Two-Strikes Cuplids Two Simple Boys. 
 
 I LEFT SHE CAME ON AFTER ME. 
 
 Come, should near make a bare-foot think of Judgment 
 resurrection. 
 
186 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Quit Eli the Bow is over the weather's horns. Many of 
 our arrows are lost best we kick out of another engagement 
 we would get left could not be another Bow like the 
 original Cuplids found in world. 
 
 We now quit to continue sincere love to another when we 
 are again. 
 
 Forever our love is sincere Father, and now He is away 
 our love is sincerity. 
 
 No one in the world should be otherwise. The Light hap- 
 piness in this is His changing nature towards Himself, and 
 does not give other flies of the earth the privilege of any light 
 treatment or ridicule of things sacred. 
 
 God's nature changes He has the right and Power others 
 run, are lost when they commence to ridicule His nature. 
 
 He can and is combined Power of sincerity, truth and 
 happiness. This is the gayest style God above allows us to 
 use I hope it will never lead Christians or any others to 
 fritter their lives away in gayety. The best may follow God's 
 AVays in sincerity, truth and happiness. 
 
 And now my own wish would be that this Book could not 
 be taken pleasantly by people of the world. I am a Christian 
 and I hope all Christians will be sincere in truth in nature. 
 
 Life of the world I presently leave, and I Am sincere. 
 
 In absence God above I can tell my love scrape. He 
 will hear about it some time and in truth giving all small 
 details of my life I am familiar. 
 
 I will give you my first and only love letter I ever wrote, 
 or ever expect to write. I am sincere I dislike to be 
 familiar. 
 
 Some have thought I was stuck after them, after leaving 
 my first love but I hope you remember who I was packing 
 the Mail to. I am finishing this up as a clean sweep to the 
 world, and leave all such behind me when I leave for the 
 Last time. 
 
 1 call the girl my first genuine love before her it was all 
 boy business. 
 
 About the time I wrote the letter I was preparing to leave 
 her sadly. 
 
 You may judge by this book whose mail I prepared after- 
 wards. 
 
 The letter I sent the girl of course I had to copy it care- 
 fully. 
 
 I kept an original copy. Of course I gave her a few little 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 187 
 
 presents before that time. I was trying to work her up to the 
 point I was coming to in the letter. 
 
 My first original idea was a little birthday card a soft, 
 very soft and pleasant picture of a horse-shoe. I believe she 
 took it for good luck. I placed on the card a few lines I do 
 not remember what No one could understand them but 
 she said she did. 
 
 Again I sent her a chunky round ribbed jug of extract 
 scent with it a few lines, of course, plain, saying it was diluted 
 extract union of "Sweet Briar and Orange Blossom for her 
 to use all subsidiary advise to avoid use of all others or 
 something like that. 
 
 She said she was pleased with that sweet home variation. 
 
 Shoo to the Fair-field. She was well pleased. 
 
 So she said quietly come to myself, please Sol-a-no one 
 knows it but myself or pleasing words for proper effect to me. 
 
 After that a space of time, which brings my court-ship to 
 that lonely love-letter. 
 
 I scent it in candy the market afforded the best. la 
 quiet farmer could (ill) afford it cost me value of U S hoe: 
 coin dollar I paid for it one box. 
 
 Her answer came it was far from free the answer we do 
 not care to see. You may remember I spoke of it. 
 
 In Pictures of Life where Liberty gives a Light heart the 
 wings of Love and that and this together is all the details I 
 am going to give of my love a fair. 
 
 This is the letter which received a cool answer. I excuse 
 the girl for not understanding it. I believe she will have to 
 read the book before she understands it: 
 
 MARY CHRIST-MAS 188 SAXT ROSA. 
 
 With this there is a box, and some contents also enclosed 
 please find this permission in return to me is acceptable part 
 empty package in payment. 
 
 But, dear, ba slow in truth I only say this seeking an op- 
 portunity to wish you past surprise. 
 
 That to your ear I may dare speak 
 
 My kind intentions and likewise it gives me time to see 
 that I should be free from the influence of haste. 
 
 So I will venture to look one year back from the face of 
 time. 
 
 First I will tie necessity (untie either). 
 
 And then in defense of modesty with your permission 
 I beg to say I regret not it was not unfit if so certainly 
 
188 GABRIEL'S TESTATKNT. 
 
 excusable. As to help noble patience was to hurry that 
 sometimes dumb companion, time. 
 
 But now, at this late date, I do not wish to be guilty of 
 praising qualities which duty calls from me. 
 
 So I hesitate much concluding that your own mind should 
 say if I need appear different to be a disciple of that most 
 continent man, Joseph (son of Jacob). I am sure if occasion 
 bring a little more practice, I will be perfect in those ances- 
 tral qualities. 
 
 But do not forget, I am far from impatience. 
 
 The last I seen of it was with that little parable one year 
 is nearly one-half of three. 
 
 I thought of something else, but if you can try to find in 
 this what an idle and sober thought keeps me company. 
 
 Believe me from my first step in this secret style of weak- 
 ness nor now am I guilty of striving for advantage but 
 rather with rare honesty. I do this that you may know me 
 as I Am. 
 
 Therefore, with your other many advantages, I will leave 
 you as the judge. 
 
 As for me, I am to that stage where I feel all these things. 
 Come they good or bad, help us to ascend. 
 
 I know these are very sensitive intentions 
 
 But I send them trusting such a quantity of wit (please let 
 me call it wit) will not subdue reason but in such a sad case 
 I can only think to say or advise you to earnestly pray for 
 some quantity of inspiration to relieve you. 
 
 For, when the curtain is drawn aside and I look far back 
 through the dim mysterious mist of our past, and properly 
 buried experience, I see myself appearing timid. 
 
 Irresolute in times of such need. 
 
 Methinks I was better suited to meander in toilsome travel 
 after the solitary plow. 
 
 Nevertheless, at times when in painful meditation, I doubt 
 not but I could have appeared in better color if your eyes 
 had smiled more pleasantly. 
 
 But I fear this is nonsense. 
 
 While my kind, patient, and I regret to say, much abused 
 steeds, should DOW with outstretched necks, slow and measured 
 tread, be directing their weary feet towards the highway lead- 
 ing to the swift rapids of lonely Port er Creek. 
 
 Even now, with faint beating heart; I think of the dark 
 pass leaving Curt-s place. Probably danger awaits me there 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 189 
 
 with some glistening weapon concealed in the ambitious 
 hand of fiery youth. 
 
 But I hope to come out into that fragrant atmosphere that 
 sweet locality 
 
 Where the spicy air is manufactured, and used only for the 
 soft breath accompanying the low whisper of angels. 
 
 That romantic space that green oasis of paradise entirely 
 controlled, presided and ruled over by the Royal. 
 
 Thence up those steep hills close by to who now collect- 
 ively meditate pilgrimage to the sunlit alfalfa-beds of beau- 
 teous space thence on, with my heart still beating, to view 
 the deserted vil-ages their stillness only awakened by the 
 baying of that black watchman barking at weary passengers 
 or straggling footmen. 
 
 From thence toiling up in most any direction. 
 
 With our eyes we might behold the beauties, the very cor- 
 ners of the universe but before I look I will take time to tell 
 you I Am your friend, Josi. 
 
 There is more, but I will not say it in the name of Elijah 
 I ask you to forgive my many faults. 
 
 THE DAY WE CELEBRATE. 
 
 THIS ACCOUNT GIVEN IN THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, 
 THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1890. 
 
 Sitting Bull Laid Away General Miles' Report to the 
 
 Commanding General of the Army The Indians 
 
 Determined to Fight. 
 
 Special to Ihe Examiner, 
 
 The funeral of the Indian policemen took place yesterday 
 afternoon with military ceremony. Sitting Bull's body was 
 laid away in the post grave-yard with few honors. Detailed 
 account of the fight Bull Head, who was in charge of the 
 Indian police, was a bitter enemy of Sitting Bull. When the 
 courier from the police came back on the road and notified 
 the cavalry of the fight, the latter started forward on a gallop. 
 The hostiles were in the timber and firing on the police, who 
 defended themselves from Sitting Bull's house. A few shells 
 from the Hotchkiss gun sent the redskins hurrying up the 
 river out of range. 
 
190 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 The policemen formed in line and presented a fine appear- 
 ance as they received the soldiers but the spectacle a few 
 yards behind them was horrible in the extreme. Eight 
 corpses lay about on the ground, riddled with bullets and mu- 
 tilated. Sitting Bull was on his back, and his face was hardly 
 recognizable, so shot up and battered was it. 
 
 The correspondent thinks a number of the hostiles who 
 escaped were badly wounded. 
 
 The police entered the camp early in the morning, and 
 proceeded quickly to Sitting Bull's house and surrounded it. 
 Several went inside and arrested Sitting Bull, when he gave 
 the alarm by yelling. Several of his lieutenants repeated it, 
 and fighting then began. The police stood their ground hero- 
 ically, in spite of tremendous odds against them. 
 
 Catch-the-Bear and several other hostiles rushed into the 
 house and began firing at the police. Bull Head was shot in 
 the leg he whirled and put a bulled into Sitting Bull's head 
 and at the same moment Red Tomahawk shot Sitting Bull 
 in the stomach. Part of the hostiles retreated to the stable, a 
 hundred yards off, and the policemen pursued and drove them 
 out. The policemen also got possession of the house, and took 
 in their dead and wounded. The hostiles then fell back into 
 the woods, and the fight was kept up until the cavalry drove 
 them off. 
 
 TROOPS CLOSING IN. 
 
 Pine Ridge. Officers counted up the returned dancers to- 
 day, finding 1024, and issued rations to them. It is believed 
 the hostiles in the Bad Lands number 500. The troops are 
 closing in on them. 
 
 NEGRO GHOST DANCERS. 
 
 Bismarck. It is reported that the negroes in Mandan are 
 affected with the Messiah craze, and are holding nightly meet- 
 ings in an empty government building. 
 
 WAS IT WANTON BUTCHERY. 
 
 Bismarck. It is now being claimed that Sitting Bull was 
 murdered in cold blood. Corporal Gunn, of the Eighth Cav- 
 alry, was also with the troops that went out in support of the 
 Indian police. He says the Indian police did not like Sitting 
 Bull. Every Indian at the agency, except Sitting BulPs fol- 
 lowers, was jealous of the latter's prominence, and only too 
 glad of an opportunity being afforded, under government pro- 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 191 
 
 tection, to kill him. Continuing, Corporal Gunn says: Lieu- 
 tenant Bull Head, of the Indian police, went to Sitting Bull's 
 house, opened the door, and commenced reading the warrant 
 for his arrest. Sitting Bull and his two sons one a lad of 
 twelve were the only persons in the shack. He carried his 
 arms, like all Indians. The boy came to the door and gave 
 the cry of alarm, on seeing the house surrounded by police. 
 He no sooner cried than Bull Head, without a moment's hes- 
 itation, and before any resistance, fired at Sitting Bull, the 
 ball piercing his breast immediately over the left nipple.. As 
 he was staggering he managed to draw his revolver and fire 
 one shot, the bullet entering Bull Head's thigh. Sitting Bull 
 fell about six feet away from the door. His horse was stand- 
 ing near the house. Red Tomahawk jumped on it and flew 
 with the news that Sitting Bull was killed. Crowfoot, the 
 boy, was next killed, and fell across the body of his father. 
 
 The combat was then hand to hand. Sitting Bull's enraged 
 followers rising up from the brush like magic. But few shots 
 were fired guns were clubbed, stocks shattered to splinters, 
 and barrels badly bent. The Indian police soon found them- 
 selves handicapped, and sought refuge in Sitting Bull's desert- 
 ed shack, leaving outside four of their own dead and nine of 
 the hostiles, including the old chief. 
 
 Shortly after the troops appeared, and the hostiles hastily 
 retreated. 
 
 READY TO RETURN. 
 
 Rapid City. General Miles has received advice from Gen- 
 eral Brook that 500 friendly Indians have left Pine Ridge to 
 attempt to bring in the hostiles. Thirty-nine of Sitting Bull's 
 Indians, who left the agency on Monday, have sent in word 
 that they will return. 
 
 General Carr has thrown out a cavalry force to intercept 
 the band now reported to be moving across the reservation of 
 the Bad Lands. If the force fails to intercept them, they will 
 be pursued and arrested. 
 
 General Miles says that no advance would be made until 
 the result of the Pine Ridge conference is known. Big Foot 
 and Hump have surrendered, and have returned to the agency. 
 No Indians except the band mentioned are now going to the 
 hostiles, and the gordon of troops is constantly tightening. 
 
 General Miles discredits the report of a large band of 
 Indians in the vicinity of camp Crook, on the Little Missouri. 
 No further engagements have been reported from the lower 
 
192 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 ranches. A government herd of cattle was located on Alkali 
 Creek, and a force of twenty men have gone to round it up. 
 
 Two companies of the Seventeenth infantry, from Fort 
 Russell, are expected here this afternoon, and will at once fol- 
 low the forty-five Cheyenne scouts from Pine Ridge, who 
 started for Cheyenne this morning. The available force along 
 the Cheyenne, under General Carr, is about 1500 men. 
 
 SITTING BULL'S GHOST APPEARS. 
 
 Minneapolis. Tribune special says that a ranchman in to- 
 day from up Bad River, reports that the hitherto peaceable, 
 semi-civilized tribe of Two Kettle Sioux began a wild ghost 
 dance the night before last. Some of the bucks, when return- 
 ing home, claimed to have seen a white figure on top of a 
 bluff. One of them said it was Sitting Bull. The alleged 
 phantom motioned them to follow 7 , and glided from hill to hill 
 in the direction of the Bad Lands. The ranchman says the 
 Indians accept this as a proof that Sitting Bull is the Messiah, 
 and that he was beckoning them to join his followers. The 
 ghost dance is the consequence, and the ranchman says the 
 Indians as far down as Willow Creek are affected. 
 
 If the story is true it is a serious aflair. 
 
 INDIANS SURRENDER. 
 
 Washington, December. Major General Schofield has re- 
 ceived a telegram from General Miles dated Rapid City, Da- 
 kota, as follows: I believe all or nearly all of the followers of 
 Sitting Bull have been captured. Colonel Sumner reports to- 
 day the capture of Big Foot's band of Sioux numbering 150. 
 He has been one of the most defiant and threatening of the 
 Indians. The result so far has been satisfactory. 
 
 On the same Christmas day I was very busy myself. 
 
 1 was heavy at work. 
 
 My hat off I was diving into it as a farm laborer working 
 for my board was my thoughts. I was pruning out the extra 
 branches of fruit trees on the place where I lived a quiet 
 life. 
 
 And after serious reflection I do not think this fighting the 
 Indian was right. 
 
 If he wished to give a ghost dance during his idle time it 
 was nobody's business in Washington or anywhere else. 
 
 If the Indian wished a Messiah it was nobody's business in 
 
PICTUKE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 193 
 
 Washington, and it would be sensible not fight him again 
 for it. , 
 
 Kind treatment comes from gentlemen; trouble originates 
 from Government officers who slight work. 
 
 Result, fight, hardship. 
 
 Church members I am a Christian but not a church 
 member. 
 
 Scrubs of the world I am a scrub clean in world. I 
 do not respect people for the above active fight. I do not 
 respect big heads who do not respect God. Sly last wish is 
 they may go to . Realize I am sincere, but cannot handle 
 you all. 
 
 Make yourselves sincere. God's Law will handle you at the 
 last. I am man. His Law is truth, exact never to fail. 
 
 The Indian ghost dance was doing no harm (to the breed). 
 
 Was doing no harm by the Mile like other jigs are doing. 
 I hope Miles will quit fighting the Indians and turn his Hot 
 ch-kiss against the other jig or against a feather bed where 
 he can do no harm. I will be familiar (with the breed). 
 
 There was certainly no use for the white people to interfere 
 and give the Indians bad treatment, because they were excited 
 about a Saviour. 
 
 Bad treatment to them is no advantage to any one that I 
 know of. 
 
 It was no advantage to any person that I know of for the 
 the American government to commence fighting the redman 
 because he wished a Saviour. He can do no harm with his 
 belief to other than himself, and this should be a free country 
 to all who have as good judgment as the American Sioux. 
 
 Of course they wish their right and show it as quick as 
 the army officer can show the big head. 
 
 I forgot Miles. He is an army officer, and after his 
 achievements against the red man, he certainly will get a 
 head quite large and quiet. He should not either accord- 
 ing to account, he walked the floor mostly his soldiers and the 
 red man out fighting the storms killing a few in fair weather, 
 they were all glad by account that the weather was destroying 
 the red man for then they wished to freeze him out with the 
 severe cold storms. 
 
 It simply shows the American character is cool in feeling 
 towards the red man a cool and small calling for others. 
 
 That is the reason I like to take this to drop man one and 
 all forever. I have never heard a preacher, missionary or 
 any one else say very much in favor of the American Indian, 
 
194: GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 and they respect Great Spirit more than any other race on 
 this Globe. 
 
 Reference the Spirit that writes this Book Ladies change. 
 
 They are firm if they believe their Savior is coming. They 
 have the right, and show fight when a big army department 
 tries to tramp them. 
 
 They should not dirty their hands on a few white trash; but 
 they have a perfect right to fight that thatis spread over their 
 land if it tries to corral them, and get them out of the way, 
 and allow them nothing (but something). 
 
 And then take away their liberty. I forever give up the 
 white man they may josh liberty until they are sick and 
 weary of it. 
 
 I want no more of it. 
 
 I will be with the red man if he wishes, and still I love 
 only God above their Saviour by Great Spirit and my only 
 Saviour. 
 
 That I can God moves the only Saviour. 
 
 A man must save himself by respect God's Laws I am 
 Elijah with a heart of stone. I was made for a purpose 
 educated. But a man is a fool who thinks I would be allowed 
 to write this Book if I was continually pulling the other way. 
 Without firm, sober thought, I would have been a weekly 
 failure. 
 
 Great Spirit must see evil kept away off. 
 
 I myself will forever respect my God above only. 
 
 There may be many people who are as serious as Joe. 
 
 The'y must be exact, level-headed, earnest, to be like Joe. 
 
 To skate the Gospel wire I am simply Joe. 
 
 At last, if Spirit takes you, you skate the Gospel wire. 
 
 The original man-u-script this will be burnt in the fire 
 it must be taken by the voice for the future. 
 
 Remember, I am Joe, I drop pencil. 
 
 I trust my future A be to c Z you know. My God 
 above, you know C Last you C what I mean. 
 
 I hear the Trumpet Blow again I am Joe. 
 
 Future may judge my predicament the difficulty of plac- 
 ing this in type I standing against everyone. The world 
 apparently could trust no one to be friendly to me talking 
 against the kind who published my first book. 
 
 I remember there are two sides I come with the one that 
 is getting the worst of it. I see a rat I come to one to 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 195 
 
 help me I treated him very cool with him coin would gain 
 my way so-long De-moc-rat. 
 
 Repub-li-can I am same as top fence STONE WALL 
 JACK-SON man. 
 
 If I get left good John son save yourself. 
 
 SHE (THE WORLD PLANET.) 
 
 She was and is one very large and fast wo man. 
 
 And now God has come to judge her. I hope it will last. 
 
 I think He did it a purpose the U S is left give away. 
 
 I must say I believe you U S sold. 
 
 Commence look backward the word of God may unfold. 
 
 I have a promise in this Book my next journey will be to 
 see the Mysteries of the Morning Star. 
 
 But I will not give it away or make it to sell everybody 
 like this Record of my journey trip to earth. 
 
 That journey will be sacred to me, sacred and sincere to 
 God above. 
 
 The trip to the Moon eve may run and record. 
 
 To buy herself something. I don't care anything about. 
 
 She is very light on the fly she may cork herself up. 
 
 In the moon get there with small wings of this pattern. 
 
 Wait a minute sew bossy, don't kick up over your milk. 
 
 Eat fair beware I fire you hide at milking time. 
 
 Hid quarters all the bags in the diary give up. 
 
 Speak to help never kick. 
 
 Brave Indian &-I-O-U-X Y Z. 
 
 First last after future pass out to future time. 
 
 Ready for publication thirteenth day of February, 189 one 
 in days after fulfilled. 
 
 By small head peg leg I have been told God's Word in 
 the Bible is babyish (in contradiction a lie). 
 
 Take care big head say what you can about this let God's 
 Word be sacred. The sa^e one said the Electric wonder a 
 Georg a fake. I did not understand him thoroughly, he 
 had never seen he was born blind in his belief. 
 
 He minded me of Gems of Thought in belief he was Eng- 
 lish. I questioned him he knew nothing about Gems of 
 Thought so he certainly was not Ingersold. He promised 
 he would be interested in Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 I hear of those brutes with their bollows 
 
196 GABRIEI/S TESTATENT. 
 
 So I blow, blow, blow, to stop them. 
 Space a record of the Wasps of the past. 
 Statue Liberty look at him judge him who he condemns. 
 Wasp is in a coffin fit something like rain in face be my 
 Judge at last. 
 
 W-h-o, Boys, I am Back. 
 
 THE BIG MEDICINE MAN (with me). 
 (Latest) MR. THREE KICK POWERS. 
 (THE SINGLE- ACT-MAN.) 
 
 For the Big Round-UpKick Up Show, 
 Show the Old She Burns then Dies Tick-its 
 Ante Over to Show She Commences It Hear 
 
 We Go for the OLD SHE. 
 
 SHE is worse than ever. 
 
 SHE is a fritter in gayety. 
 
 SHE sticks them in the street. 
 She is on the run so of course 
 They in with She call me fool, insane; idiot, 
 
 For my way slow business. 
 Of course I have no thanks. She snaps. 
 
 I call her the female She knows what 
 Because She sticks them in the highway, 
 
 Holds most anything that comes along. 
 Then She runs round for growl and snap. 
 
 I profess I am a simple scrub, 
 
 Wasp brute or She-beauty-bitch are you better ? 
 She, I wish to keep quiet my Friends know 
 
 I learn something I bust I am glad of it. 
 She keep quiet, you think man's ways good, 
 
 I advise you to learn another. 
 This to future be best for you of future 
 
 Now vers-us again wasp case fool talk 
 
 By an insane wasp a-turn eye 
 
 To Berry the scrub. Mr. and Misses, attention, please 
 There is only a few of us left. 
 
 After there was more of it but I had to leave. 
 I left he had not impressed that he was better than Berry. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 197 
 
 One said he was raving against scrub Berry, who was q-t, q-t, 
 
 quiet. 
 He who sticks up to say the past-age nearly perfect, 
 
 Condemns me. 
 I am not with them for money. 
 
 Mr. Preach this baptised again 
 The future like my honey. 
 Preach-er is far better 
 
 Preacher I respect you far more than the man who 
 Ridicules Sacred Power 
 
 Is beneath notice. 
 
 I do not try improve them they can go to I dispise 
 Them I am not talking to then I dispise 
 
 Preach-er you tell me 
 Christ was God all Power 
 
 While he was only Spirit Saviour from God 
 
 Spirit from God Himself. 
 
 God controls planets Christ Spirit was on earth. 
 Spirit Christ all power given over man 
 
 Not over planets. 
 A dam-p reacher, small mind, cannot comprehend God. 
 
 Christ man is his god. 
 Christ, as man, was exalted humbleth himself. 
 
 He knew God was Great. 
 Preacher should know he was not God who praised him 
 
 In the Word of God. 
 
 But they do not they say he is God three-in-one. 
 How can the one man Christ on earth handle planets? 
 You sicken me think of the Sky-Heaven planets. 
 God, in the beginning, made His own way. 
 Darn-p-reacher says man-Christ equal to God. 
 
 A dam preacher too small to talk about fool, insane. 
 God's Power man's mind cannot comprehend. 
 
 God knew that. 
 He gave them Little Spirit Christ from God, 
 
 A fle part from Himself. 
 Dam-p-reacher cannot see God made planets, 
 
 His electricity to suspend. 
 His thoughts far above simple humanity, 
 Of course He allows Little Spirit Christ to make kingdom, 
 
 No extra trouble. 
 
 God's nature handles such small things. 
 God's sky-heavens move, man cannot comprehend 
 His Power Pleasure. 
 
198 GABKIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Insignificant preacher saying man- 
 Christ, God Himself, 
 (Who sent Christ to darn preacher up). 
 They tell me they prove it in the Bible, 
 So of course Christ was a fle god. 
 Humanity cannot comprehend His Power. 
 
 Find good place dam-p-reach her, 
 You are not fit to open your trap about God. 
 Christ is a high as you can get go to 
 For saying man-Christ God's equal 
 
 Christ humbled himself he was saved. 
 You did not take the model he is your god 
 
 Liberty is American Josh. 
 My God above controlls the Heavens, 
 
 He is not in with this She inside ; 
 He rolls her rapidly about. 
 I want to be taken by God's Great Spirit 
 
 That was given by Himself. 
 Christ-man is a flea-J us T-is Spirit 
 Of Brothers Joe and John Gabriel Great Spirit 
 
 Gave all permission to Joe, the mail-carrier. 
 Preachers' praise of God is very insignificant his largest 
 
 Thoughts are insignificant of God's Power. 
 You say God is love wh-e u away preachers 
 Nose I hold my nows you are through. 
 
 Preachers' god-Christ limit of your mind. 
 Woman, your time comes do not make the same mistake 
 As preacher of man. God owns the planets all on them. 
 
 You are something on one of them. 
 You are The Flower made in beginning. 
 You gain electricity do not make the mistake; 
 That you are certainly CREATOR HIMSELF GOD. 
 Man preached three-in-one Christ as containing God Himself. 
 
 See their mistake they idiot loon ticks. 
 You are liberty (preachers) use Judgment with woman god. 
 Mark liberty is the model for her purpose She 
 Improved She cannot be improved. 
 Improve your ways style model Liberty. 
 Think of His planet earth-machine. 
 
 Earth made in hours few men say fable. 
 God's Word is truth. 
 Who can speak the Joy He feels 
 Foam vessel reels 
 Now there is a Girl, 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 199 
 
 SHE has so many tittle dark blue eyes, 
 
 SHE is well bred 
 
 To the weather She is rap rapt She clings and holds 
 SHE is rose, rich with pride of the common rich kind. 
 She has large amounts of it 
 And She is no better. 
 
 I am as raggy scrub pine standing in the brush. 
 I claim no relationship with her flowers, 
 
 In season I say to family 
 She-mind come round in the humbleness 
 
 Of pansy blossom respect 
 Or the wind blows your leaves begin to turn 
 Summer past I know beauty wilts down beauty decays 
 Departs descends becomes run down 
 To stick thus as the shameful 
 Bitch in the street 
 
 Ends the She family, 
 At this Judgment future pride advance 
 
 By wisdom-flowers, it is best 
 
 Your pride is on the stem of thorns and weakness 
 Preach or wasp I know the family I know 
 The one who respects I am quiet I hear I know when 
 I hear human thoughts, I leave the entire family 
 
 I am a separate kind. 
 I am the Disciple of God above. 
 I hide myself from the family. 
 Take your liberty and stick her up 
 
 On a rocky shore. 
 You are a rocky lot of sheep. 
 I advise you to follow the Bell Sheep 
 
 Going Home. 
 Allow Liberty to enlighten you by the way good 
 
 By shoo. 
 
 I can say many never would mind this shoo 
 Shine scrub so they cannot obey the Law 
 Their mind takes them down, down to the Lake 
 I cannot help it they are in the shade. 
 Fools say they never will mind 
 
 So of course I say they may slide down to the lake to hell 
 When they commence to help the human family they think 
 They do too much blame me for hardship 
 Think I do not act proper. 
 I leave the family I will continue 
 And take what is good for me. 
 
200 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 You mind or the breeze you mind 
 This is a dam-p, cold day tick closed up. 
 I proceed to repair it myself 
 I advise let go the slack swear wire 
 Showing the faults of the present age correct. 
 
 We tell them plain, 
 
 We do not need another character exact like your own 
 They must not copy the faults. 
 
 Saved they cannot be 
 When they continue the faults 
 We leave them the faults to be saved 
 
 We show them their faults. 
 If they wish certainly they can keep their faults 
 
 And go to certainly. 
 
 Great Spirit would not recommend one 
 Who would not mind some one 
 Now never frown or sigh 
 Though dark the night be ever gay 
 There is sunshine when She is near 
 SHE has many little dark blue eyes. 
 Christ to soon depart then take your liberty 
 She mind preach her forever on earth future 
 Family God will attend to the rest of the planets 
 
 Christ loved God 
 
 Christ, a fle Spirit, could comprehend God, 
 You cannot He is too much for you, 
 You had better sink down down and 
 
 Praise little Spirit Christ 
 God made Sky-Tent God above all 
 Holds all quiet, calm, peaceful. 
 Compare God to Christ a fle you fool. 
 
 Preacher disgust yourself ashamed. 
 You man do not soil God's name your thoughts 
 Of God are insignificant. 
 Preacher of Christ (greatest name) 
 God can move Sky-Tent all planets stars in it 
 Move it upside down away you would not know 
 
 Anything about it. 
 
 Little Spirit Christ given all power with man. 
 How could he have all Power of God? 
 You fool, look at the planets. Can Spirit-man-Christ 
 
 Handle space of Heavens? 
 
 You say to preach Jesus as God undo confusion. 
 Dam-p reacher fool Christ is the greatest name 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 201 
 
 Among preachers on earth heaven. 
 Do not soil God's name with your traps flies, 
 You compare him to God. There is something 
 
 Matter in your mind, preacher. 
 Preacher, sicken yourself disgusted look 
 At the planets stars fields and fields of them 
 In the Sky-Tent God holds surrounds peaceful and calm. 
 The planets obey God to the second perpetual, 
 Humanity forever do as they please, 
 
 Then God is not with them. 
 Preacher, preach Christ until you are sick. 
 
 You can praise him, 
 
 But God is beyond the limit of your reason. 
 Am I I so sorry I in sick spell, 
 Disrespect Judgment flies ashamed 
 I have remained here a number of years, when 
 Saying to preacher, Christ is not God they say 
 Christ given all power three-in-one better look that up, 
 
 Showing plain, blind, blank idiocy. 
 Wait a few minutes, preacher return to subject, 
 
 I fix you no time now. 
 Hold knows, pew, preacher, s-t revenge. 
 Adam preach-her, shut up your disgusting draft damp her. 
 Preach to them I dispise remember I will not talk 
 To them I dispise look at them I cannot think 
 I sicken disgust God above made three one 
 I Am remember I one common trinity Spirit 
 
 ONE has three in one 
 Learn A B C down over slow to Z 
 Quis Who is J Joseph an-s Joseph is the Father 
 
 Then who was David you 
 Quest Who is God a n s God is not Christ 
 Quest Who was Christ a s Christ was Spirit for John 
 
 Joseph 
 Quest Who is John Joseph a s He is Father Spirit 
 
 for Joe 
 Quest Who is John and Joe Gabriel a s they are cir 
 
 cus partners 
 Quest What is sky-tent a s it holds God's earth 
 
 machine 
 Quest Where is God a s God is outside all hold to 
 
 gather test a tent 
 
 Quest What is electricity a s God's breeze Body Wire 
 Glisterin Axgreasion 
 
GABRIELS TESTATENT. 
 
 Quest Electricity man cuplids God's two fle Spirits an s 
 
 read signs 
 Flea-Christ leaving leaves take liberty I Am is going 
 
 home 
 
 The sky tent hangs to hold a thick and heavy mass 
 I go through it to get home 
 
 Rest against liberty 
 
 Respect God if you follow I Am home 
 Preacher home do I kick you up to progressive time 
 Will you mature moss back in the fields of antiquity 
 Again come now to set you at work to get ahead move 
 Listen to the tick its song singing on the earth 
 Recollections find to bring of days of 
 Could I bring back singing here to-night 
 
 Those happy days so bright. 
 But I am bold this is a cricket song 
 God is the only one can see His nature His last 
 So He allows me to give this tick, tick, its song to future 
 And I sing it on His hearth 
 So my love for God will never die 
 I will never drink to be drunken to forget God. 
 You to perish how can you serve me so away 
 My my own ma was ashamed of me, 
 Through and through, and knew nothing in my Book 
 Or the dam age of wasp business t 
 
 By the ghost shirt said A P would be ashamed cf me 
 And I had better go with my Book off 
 Where I was not known and J-C was such 
 A fine man, and John played such fine tricks 
 Himself. I should be ashamed to go around any of them. 
 Some do not know Cuplids we of the South 
 Together busted great future big head demolish 
 Liberty saved for Two Hay seed saved 
 By my style, she thinks I am bound to wreck 
 On Salt Creek. She thinks a trip to Salt-Lake best, 
 So her friends would not hear of me. 
 She cries I know she is sincere 
 In every word of course I obey my parent. 
 I prepare for the voyage I leave soon as I Am ready 
 To wreck or death Berry me 
 In the ocean of immortality. 
 Storms of life are swept away I move to the light of future. 
 
 Day comes soon. 
 Big-heads end She mind all take mine 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 203 
 
 Offence in future mind. 
 Come to venus is SHE suspended in space. 
 
 We come bound to venus 
 Three one Electricity Power God above does she follow? 
 
 She mind is she with God's Power now true, 
 Does she follow the way does she come round on time ? 
 We do as we like Cuplids do as God wishes. 
 We fold our wings we rest stop the curs, 
 
 God is above wo man. 
 We come to Mary; 
 
 Mary I proposed first, 
 
 And second time you refused. 
 You can take one of the fists that track after you. 
 You may stop to stick and burn hell, 
 
 I am God's servant forever if He wish, 
 But I proposed I would take if you 
 
 You wished no other, I would take you. 
 If you entice others, go to hell 
 
 You bitch. My life is short, 
 
 I am alone. 
 
 I forgive thee fare thee well good night, ladies 
 Joe hears the answer say truth I forgive thee, 
 
 Old-Black-Joe. 
 
 You are listen to the tick-its song I forgive thee, 
 t Of course. I turn away. I think 
 
 I hear the angels calling Old Black Joe; 
 I think I hear pleasant sounds 
 I am coming, coming, for my head is bending low; 
 
 I cannot stay, stay, so I must go. 
 My head turning, bending, my heart I must go; 
 I fly in time in pieces, to leave nothing but the hub, 
 Electricity departing out to star eyes, I look myself, 
 They use deceit, I am told by one, they need not 
 Love of God is not deceit. 
 Then they cannot be disciples. 
 Do not confuse each other about your two gods. 
 I am Eli- Joseph, Jehovah is my God best let Him alone. 
 Many say Lord, Lord shut up, loon-ticks savi-our-self ; 
 
 Save yourself, your chance is better. 
 To hell with some slur, ridicule towards sacred things; 
 
 Do not think they are funny; 
 They are silly son-ny sulky idea otick flies 
 Inger-soul, you son of your hell can handle you. 
 G-t you like the bench, let go the bar. 
 
204 GABRIEL'S TESTATKNT. 
 
 Down slide to the Lake, go 
 Plead story, telling attorney. 
 Preacher; stick to your Lord, Lord, Lord A, B, C, don't 
 
 rush to Z. 
 
 You understand flea Cri, Cri, Cri, is not God, 
 Then loon-tick preachers in it. take your Lord Christ 
 And liberty. Stick your gain up, up by them. 
 You are below them, please continue Sunday-school. 
 Many odd churches rich business. 
 Perfect, away back, behind confusion. 
 
 Churches you in it stick in it stick up in it up then 
 up in it, 
 
 Direct to The Word. 
 
 Please continue plain kind Sunday-school to future. 
 My God above, my call to duty to kill, burn 
 
 HELL hell afire FIRE! 
 Shut up, Joe false alarm, turn stop, 
 Short time, now, now, I am the prophet, don't you know 
 Never forget the Two or Fan Boys. Strike 
 
 Wind up the Saviour Business 
 We may take the trip, space, space, to the moon. 
 I cannot stand near the stingers. I record to future 
 Wasps in cof-in fit to cover his outside, 
 Wh-u-z while he is in cof-in fit outside court 
 We will dive out to ocean end. Judgment vers-us wasps. 
 Wasp's nest hive round world swarms again 
 They swarming light into the herds 
 The buffalo they slaughter like raving, insane 
 Remember the scenes of the prairies where are they 
 Red man with good nature regret scenes departed. 
 
 Fire fight pale face 
 
 We take pleasure in protecting an animal family 
 Old Ben Harri son and his buffalo family 
 
 Come safe from the Fire. 
 
 They may live by Electricity close to the Two Hayseed 
 Waiting while they are sprouting green future 
 We cuplids have permission to leave, to go far. 
 Then again far to view the sit-u-at-I-on larger planets 
 
 Going as the Electricity man I Am 
 Then the Promise takes us all around the seam of the sky-tent 
 
 (Sew, bossy, the milk-a-way) 
 Then we can go all over sky through star-eyes to outside 
 
 We can return some some time 
 Wander back again wayward and careless 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 205 
 
 In ages, ages, ages, to look for hearts of gold 
 
 In dark minds of earth. 
 
 God knows what is best we cuplids go as God wishes, 
 In heavy clouds we climb out to get the opposite attraction, 
 
 Then rapidly fly away from earth. 
 
 By-by, She we far up then up and up turning round 
 And round, looking down on the gigan-tic form of SHE, 
 Then away we go, till SHE is dim on the face of the sky. 
 We look back She is hid in clouds away we go, 
 
 Then shine up towards the Sun 
 Rest on his attraction, and float over to the Moon 
 To explore all then we continue to look over to the SHE- 
 
 planet, 
 Earth we think of her we will return in proper season, 
 
 Ourself small, all record we do not pack ; 
 Iii this record we send thoughts to benefit future remember 
 
 Things you see you see in this record 
 Only things you see. You cannot make them false of such 
 
 Most of them we prove them on earth. 
 We can say when they are false you do not know. 
 
 Humanity is blind. 
 God can see His nature 
 
 Knows His Laws humanity cannot see 
 
 Breeze Electricity Power 
 Joe First burns stands by type future voice. 
 
 FUTURE VOICE. 
 
 In the year 1891, in the heavens, was visible 
 
 A blue heat Electric flame tire perfect round, 
 Gradually tightening to SHE-planet-earth, 
 Holds entire round circumference. 
 
 It draws in close as She rolls rapidly flying 
 
 Through space all things to become pure blister, 
 Then melt rocks run lava beds end. 
 
 To commence future, Great Spirit blows this 
 
 Future Voice, giving record to the future 
 He not in it look on to enjoy the case. 
 
 Tick, tick 1891 from the heavens was visible 
 A streak of Electrict fire following one of the planets 
 
 By observation it was seen to be She (earth) 
 
 As She flew through space the fire 
 Stretching out as the comet's tail. They not in it 
 
 Look on and enjoy these proceedings. 
 
206 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Tick closed up Good Saturday night. 
 Space from date sweet sixteen of ours. 
 
 I again I thankful see pure good Rain in Face down falling 
 Streams flowing again, swift, cool and fresh, 
 Cooling earth, washing down impurities, 
 
 Flooding, making green grass, washing 
 And rolling fresh cool water down to sea. 
 Space date temporainus very thankful. 
 Space space space of time great space. 
 
 yes, O yes wer-u of course I prophet said 
 
 Fire FIRE hell afire to the old SHE. 
 Future, now, later-day-saints now in future, more-man 
 Later-day-saint Electricity-man says 
 Many weary days exertion for coin no success. 
 Later-day sons of Golden West staved me off. 
 
 Could I get the best of them ? 
 Later-day-Lady Timid did I take try to get the best of her 
 
 I Fish Ear-l-y no success. 
 Cannot you take my word afraid of me with security, 
 
 Double double security. 
 Speaking Frank, I come to A Jew thinking, perhaps 
 
 Can Moses return in future, give me help, 
 Then, I O. K. think of Shy-lock to one of that tribe 
 'With him, I expect him to bleed me severely I expect 
 
 As on my previous trial to come, by authority, safe. 
 
 I come safe by the Highest Authority. 
 I sounded my name, sick, to public ear, of past, 
 
 1 again I Am Antonio to accept help from the tribe of 
 
 Shy-lock. 
 
 Will he make a fish-bait of me ? 
 I come, Shy-lock, I say I was out fishing for- 
 Can he help me catch one. 
 We speak of an old quarrel. 
 There was no friendship with me. 
 I told his family one to go to hell he thought I did not 
 
 mean it. 
 Certainly, I meant just what I said. 
 
 He remarked Jesus Christ. 
 
 I would take no impudence from any. I told him 
 To continue the difference, if he wished do so, if he could. 
 I was always ready, nevertheless. To his brother 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 207 
 
 I told him not to tell Jews I had enough dealings with 
 
 previous. 
 
 I was sick of it willing to drop; 
 I dealt a long time without profit to myself. 
 He would continue with me, enemy as I was; 
 Business was his saying in the transaction. 
 His intention severe plenty of it to bleed me severely. 
 Soon I would have been thankful no one to help me 
 
 Bound to the necessity. 
 I will when necessary Shy-lock take my bond 
 
 In the pictures of life. 
 I am the cruel heart to play the disagreeable part; 
 
 The audience large ; 
 The stage a field I stand alone scenery, the prison yard. 
 
 I stand alone, in opposition 
 
 Every one on earth. My Friend by this BOOK is God above 
 Therefore, I am Light Heart Last so far 
 Proceeding to FUTURE to publis 
 All my fortune floats the see, 
 1 proceed with security to help me on my journey. 
 I continue my course. The Jew 
 Backward shaky does not come to time. 
 I find one to loan me 3000 bits of gold ; 
 I come to one who had respect for my word. 
 I begin at memory first thought Mary was Irish-man. 
 Second Jew BACK hang back you can go to 
 Can you respect TO APPEAR can any one? 
 May you take God's Word remember New Testament 
 
 Anew, you must respect the Saviour. 
 And now, in memory, in this you must. He says respect 
 Some, one, or best you do not come cannot know Him. 
 Shy-lock descendants, read Bassanio advise Book of Port-i-a 
 Antonio says satan takes you live for gold. 
 You do not. Could you love one so big as God ? 
 He does not know you do not care Breeze Yes. 
 I then remember I am Antonio, the disciple of God. 
 Then I commence to respect those who respect God above, 
 Even she all Irish-man not so very, very good. 
 I remember, then, the ancient round-up. 
 O yes, I remember mammon. O yes, I came to him; 
 
 I wished him Joe Gabriel to help Joe came. 
 I did not think he could do better than help Joe 
 With my word ; but mammon said it was a pig-in-poke, 
 Though a fool would not, I would have felt better. 
 
208 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 He would not, his mind not sound, he was thinking about 
 
 money; 
 
 He owned a bank of wealth such an old shell-back 
 As him hangs on, while the new generation are out sprouting 
 To help ; they do not make the new generation any more 
 Than the old one, not perfect. I expect 
 
 I will expect they cave off decay. 
 Their money to another to SHE. O yes, it sticks. 
 It goes to another tears, tears, tears some to future. 
 
 In joy I do not, how did he he came in some place 
 To understand God's Law I profess, for mammon 
 God's Spirit does not wish to take him his money with him. 
 Mammon, O, O C-on-ell HELL you go forever ; 
 
 Your qualities far below the Brush. 
 
 Brush mammon may sprout fresh after fire in ages of time. 
 Future believe old generation rapidly disappeared. 
 Electricity man and wo-man appear. Their Spirits 
 . Prepare for future they the model brand 
 
 Generation to commence future anew. 
 Generation commenced placed at the Last ; 
 In time come around, and come in at beginning; 
 
 So and so continue round and round 
 And round never find the jumping off place, 
 
 End of The Horn. 
 
 I give straight my entire opinion plain. 
 I hope never to mention the subject again. 
 I wash myself clean, for business 
 At the end of The Horn. 
 
 8. 
 
 Tasl in Irulli heard 
 
 Original Gabriel's Trumpet 
 'Now reproduced in print exact as from 
 
 Original Trumpet. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 SCENE O 
 
 INTO FUTURE. 
 
 She Blows Blows She Blows. 
 Future receives this record of Original Gabriel. 
 Sacred this MEMORY to earth-wasps-hive nest. 
 
 GEANEOLOGY. 
 
 THE PROGRESS OF HUMAN FAMILY. 
 
 Family Geaneology Spirit from Great Spirit from God Him- 
 self Commencing Darkness First Sprout 
 As Two Hayseed. 
 
 To fle Spirit of Great Spirit, to Spirit Christ, 
 To Angel Gabriel, to return to God Himself, 
 Angel Gabriel return as Spirit of man, 
 To Electricity, man of God. 
 
 GEANEOLOGY PROGRESS ANIMAL FAMILY. 
 
 Of old Ben Harri-son. 
 Spirit in Buff-a-lo to old Ben himself. 
 Commencing darkness sprout down down 
 
 To rats, rats, rats. 
 (The one that sting Dead Berry, has not returned we leave 
 
 him 
 Outside court a cof-in up his outside). 
 
 Fle Deck for 1891. 
 
 She nay you waited for Elijah the prophet. 
 
 Now come this Book return of Gabriel prophet 
 Ben-e-fit the S-I-O-U-X Y Z see. 
 
 Joe Gabriel return is on earth wake 
 
 The fact, this is the Two Strike Boy Saviour 
 Ben-e-fit the red man. 
 
 She mind this Book by Two Strike Indians Boy. 
 
210 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Record journey to earth of the Saviour. 
 The red man Ben-e-fit fool. 
 
 God's Judgment is before you, future American 
 
 People, this Joe Gabriel's Book. American 
 Treat it light and you are fool. 
 
 Remember the curse of the world, return of Elijah, 
 
 The prophet, judgment of She planet earth. 
 
 Wake American! For future the Saviour returned, 
 
 Fulfills Judgment of the She planet earth record. 
 
 The Great Spirit from God Himself pronounces 
 The Judgment on all humanity. 
 
 Cupid dictates to Joe Gabriel God wires him 
 
 By the gospel-wire, big heads have no time to wait 
 You may say hum-bug you do not know. 
 If you say this is not true you are fool. 
 
 Day of Judgment God herds His planets 
 
 By Electricity band. His Word comes to earth 
 By Electric gospel-wire. 
 
 God Himself sends His Word Electricity quick 
 Cupid interprets the Word of the gospel-wire. 
 
 Wise men hear something you do not know, 
 
 You cannot understand judgment you are under 
 Judgment. Take Boy Joe's Word, God Himself owns it 
 It is Judgment of earth Gabriel's Testatent. 
 
 Day of Judgment to earth fools hypocrites. 
 
 Money sax take the medicine yours is bitter. 
 Dose: Use honey, butter, Gabriel's Testatent. 
 
 Old Harri-son says Indian go. 
 
 Indian's Boy Joe Gabriel says Harri-son go to 
 
 Joe the Son-o-ma Boy's challenge for three rounds 
 Indian take gate money all come. 
 
 Judgment of She planet earth 
 
 Two Hayseed saved for commencement human family 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 211 
 
 Future with Electricity man and woman. 
 
 Geo. Washington, please claim Harrison is a fraud. 
 English pale face takes red man's home. 
 
 Harrison says begon you Indian dog gone him. 
 
 Joe Gabriel is Able he will be a brave for the red man 
 Of the northwest to kick Miles and Miles over the continent. 
 Read this judgment Miles in it. 
 
 Money sax take this Book miser mind, sir, 
 
 Mine, sir judgment, sir, Saviour work, sir, 
 
 God's wisdom, sir, little head, big head, fool good 
 American take Gabriel's Testatent. 
 
 Son of God born again with God's Wisdom 
 
 He brings Judgment to earth little Jew fall in 
 
 Line or go to you waited long for the prophet. 
 
 Come read of Gabriel. 
 
 Pale face do not continue doubting your mind 
 
 Reading record of Judgment of earth by Two Strike 
 Boy Saviour Joe Gabriel's journey to earth. 
 
 American read of Big, josh, liberty with the 
 
 Wisdom flowers to her rapidly 
 
 Fly wheel band is on earth rolls rapidly save yourself 
 By Joe Gabriel, the last chance straw 
 Joe Gabriel, God's mail carrier, returned to earth, 
 Could have GOD'S SIGNATURE BUT HE WILL NOT USE IT. 
 To Gabriel's Testatent he signs as the copyist. 
 
 SIMPLE JOE. 
 
 O God's Spirit, come close corner of my bed. 
 
 May I say to them, of course, go on? 
 
 Who revises GOD'S WORD sons of 
 
 O of course, preacher, big head, to hell for impudence. x 
 
 God's Word is to remain just as it is preacher is impudence 
 
 This is to remain my Word suits me to remain as it is 
 
 If it does not fit your head does not suit me remain it is 
 
 If it does not suit your brain does not fit my meaning 
 
 If it does not fit your brain it does not suit you at last 
 
 If it does not suit to fit your meaning it suits me to last 
 
212 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 Take your brain away it is my meaning to remain as it 
 
 is last. 
 Leave it is it is best for you not to change it, as it is it fits 
 
 suits mind. 
 
 OK COD PS NB. 
 
 Steer and air hist Spirit of Joe Gabriel 
 I have walked 1891 miles of air in clouds of air 
 And many more simply to round up my tune, 
 Now I letter go as the Two Strike letter fly w T h whe whiz 
 End side show side, blow side light out Joe Josi-ah there end 
 I am little old hag-god yes I am sure my God above knows 
 
 The I Am Spirit of the J J Josi-ah Boys. 
 Returning to my town I find the view covered, 
 After now after fire, white as ash-es lonely, I am all alone 
 Seem to hear voices rumbling noise. 
 I see three of the buf-a-lo family, 
 
 Lost I soon removed in a departing fog litt-e q-t, q-t. 
 Boy keeps along my company after 
 I collect myself, and return, lonely, in the fields, 
 I come to a place, and remember the Great Original Gabriel's 
 Cir-cus record grounds. 
 
 yes, O yes wer-o She till I fly to pieces wer-o 
 
 Yes, take my Word Great Spirit blows this wer-o She 
 
 1 away fly in pieces arms out revolving solid hub, 
 Retaining electricity to depart, take in the stars. I Am 
 
 Mr. one-David-Christ-fle Spirit Son of God, 
 As Tick-it-of-leave-man in Electricity-power. 
 
 BY PUBLIS-HER. 
 
 All taken in big round wher-o-up three is one one last 
 
 last one. 
 Three in One one three, three one. One made three one. 
 
 IN MEMORY 
 
 SHOO WHACK WHIZ BUZ BIG ROUND UP. 
 
 I AM THE FIRST SO-L-A-R SYSTEM. 
 I AM THE LAST SO-L-D AIR SYSTEM. 
 
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 SAVED AMONG OTHER THINGS SAVED. 
 
 The following deck cards, found safe in great safe, 
 
 Possessions at the last Joe-Josiah's departure 
 
 Left to publis-her Josiah Joseph proceeds 
 Shaded with disgust proceeds balanced by the hand of 
 
 Liberty, 
 In the morning by the bright Light accept this love from 
 
 Eli J. 
 Under favorable conditions I am satisfied ignorance 
 
 Cannot defeat Power. 
 If this Book is successful time proceeds to establish all things, 
 
 States, Schools, Indians future see 
 
 Things and things entirely harmless to a good constitution 
 Proceed, to any age, sex, or color this Book fulfills more, 
 
214 GABRIEL'S TESTATKNT. 
 
 Advertises more attractions, more than we advertised to fulfill, 
 
 much more 
 In these advertisements, in future as marks of development 
 
 appear. 
 I take the responsibility power given from Elijah 
 
 To Josiah Joseph, publis-her and a-gent. 
 In the past age these cards were given to the old generation, 
 The prophet was on earth before the Fire they would not 
 
 take them. 
 
 I give them to future in remembrance of Joe (Elijah) Spirit 
 Of John Joseph (Jesus), who was with Great Spirit, who came 
 From God Himself who knows Himself. 
 
 He sends His Spirit dictates this 
 To the Scrub clean Spirit He wires 
 Some of this to earth some to humanity 
 Some choose choice, some choose to let it alone. 
 I deal the deck these are my choice cards, 
 In memory of Joe, the Mail carrier. 
 
 Return to earth of Elijah the prophet, 
 
 Gabriel's Trumpet record on earth for sale. 
 
 Gabriel's Trumpet was heard copied by A. Jew. 
 
 Age you of future receive copy as original from Trumpet. 
 
 Gabriel's Trumpet descended from The Power 
 
 That owns the earth His Power is Original. 
 
 Latest from above up the ladder without a fall. 
 
 Joe McGinty return's on Gabriel's Trumpet mail wire. 
 
 The Seventh wonder of the world Gabriel's Trumpet 
 Dictations of the Gospel Wire. 
 
 Gabriel's Trumpet a friend to Light Heart, 
 And light-hearted sailors for Liberty. 
 
 He fulfilled in Gabriel's Trumpet, by Authority 
 From the Power giving life to the world. 
 
 He is chosen the hub for the crank of the universe 
 Descriptive pictures in Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 215 
 
 We extend the privelege each one may help the crank turn 
 
 the world. 
 Gabriel's Trumpet shows the Power to use. 
 
 Gabriel's Trumpet is a bundle containing the pattern 
 Of the hub crank of the world. 
 
 All who admit the superior will of our Creator, 
 
 "Will find a few of His wishes in Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 Elijah the prophet kicks Adam one way Eve another; 
 
 Benefits described in the course in Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 
 Elijah the prophet fulfills the new by remembering the 
 
 Promise of ancient time honest truth in Gabriel's 
 Trumpet. 
 
 The prophet that brings Gabriel's Trumpet takes advise 
 Of good men hopes they will take the Book now for sale. 
 
 SACRED HERE LIES 
 
 The last fly-leaf t-o-f-lies 
 
 In memory of the Frisco flies free press opinions together 
 At the sound of Original Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 Ante-room class in ru-diments : 
 
 PICTURE SILENCE OF FLIES. 
 
 
 
 A fly-blow from Examin-her. 
 
 LINES TO SHE. 
 
 Explanation in construction in struction. 
 Sacred her to Oin memory of the Shoo Fri-sco s-cat 
 
 Wasp nest case. 
 A Wasp-nest-court Dec-ember of 1891. 
 
 The pleading wasp throws HER case up in a cof-in fit 
 Throws herself up, her wings spread out, dry. 
 She comes down dies very dry. 
 
216 
 
 Her speech is not in view I can only give you a fair sample 
 
 extract. 
 
 Continuing at length, she said I Am simply Joe Joe-o-ho. 
 Oho ho ho O-ho O-h-e th-Oho hoo-r-ee just like her, I said, 
 I left. 
 
 I know there was more of it, * 
 
 But a cof-in fit to die she shuts up with dam-age. 
 Her show herself opened wide give away doubled up, 
 She goes out back-wards, head under-wards as-forwards 
 Sits on Herself on own self until Her She it is it dies; 
 
 Then h-e She-it dies in it. 
 Publis-then hum-d am I She O don't, don't, She grieve so 
 
 She 1 Am is gone O don't, don't, She grieve. 
 O where in my new skirt owe-r, O where can he be in it ? 
 So I-b d am we-r in She-it-is it so-so She is so city-ful ; 
 So so don't J-o-grieve She-so-for me-so-so on. 
 His as-just so saw Old Ben's rats run to catch breath. 
 
 Said cat-ch it all broke up run 
 
 Back court-house one said with authority. 
 Said let tired She-lie-decay; 
 So tired She lies still in present day. 
 Argument Decision vers-us stingers. Q-t, q-t, to Judge 
 
 Liberty. 
 Decision Argument against dictations are sour, putrid, 
 
 pickle pi-sh shh 
 Great penalty Great decay stingers nest-waist away wer-o, 
 
 Shut up, Joe-si-ah, there is one worse. 
 
 O yes, O yes, I remember, the Chronic-D-Young-O-Grady. 
 Who gave him his money SHE did. 
 Who does SHE belong to I know. 
 Why will he refuse to help HER I don't know. 
 Who wants him to hog it up I don't know. 
 Why is he like he is rich in it I know he is Chronic. 
 
 Rich in it, and She, poor thing, decays, 
 
 Gold-days-ways-wer-o. 
 Picture Chronic-hog-indifFerence-the pi in it, he keeps, keeps 
 
 Home of Chronic les old time dirty sheets. 
 
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 CHRONIC I,ES 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 
 
 21' 
 
 Can you help the Joe Gabriel Trumpet Co.? 
 
 Chronic-answers We do not do that kind of business. 
 
 Chronic-crawl in it Examin-her fly up you are in it. 
 Remember this the record of Original Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 Come next letter flies. 
 
 Wasp O yes he is one ass kiss now, My Honey ever o 
 Come to me again I Am Jo-si-ah 
 Come to future Litt-e B-y B-y steerage Q-t, q-t. 
 I, Electricity man, will now proceed to fly into pieces. 
 
 Departing my, my hand continues marking a gain Last. 
 
 His 
 
 I 
 
218 GABRIEL'S TESTATKNT. 
 
 A NE W FE AR AL ICE SERV ICE. 
 
 A-gain Last never change one I-O-T-A in it lookout. 
 
 A T ail or you are left take care of your save yourself 
 
 Now you are left look out I f-y, fl-y, fli p-p-ices. 
 By your I-s-cream free-z-her self cool-her safe keep 
 Fro-z-in good-s Kate-s p-p-on d a-ni yourself i-s-h 
 L-o-v c-z get away I go p-p-aces clubs spades dia- 
 monds 
 
 Hearts continue beating 
 
 Electricity Kings Gospel wire continuing marking 
 Rapt for wind up round up wo-band holding cool in A 
 Ice-box, cool of? end attraction opposite current see. 
 Flickers go back-wards. 
 
 Gospel wire rolls up in earth-quake it is 
 Histed-ho-e-e by wind up SHE-CUS Cir-cus S-her s-cat 
 
 T-ick, T-ick ho-me-stop thief 
 
 yes, ever, O good by, old dry rust, decay egg, farm-HER 
 
 good-by; 
 
 1 fly to sparks Mark, John, Luke at M hew yourself 
 
 Leave on the J-E-Mark Co-s wire sparking sparks 
 I leave sparks of the J-O-S-I- A J^E-S-I- AS Go's wire 
 Leave on the S-he J-E-S-U St-rum-pet-Co-s Wire 
 
 For E turn it-y rrrr wo-band continues marking 
 
 Publis go roll clouds by then hum-d m hi yi hi-e hi 
 
 ye ho hi you 
 
 Ma good by good by. Q-t, q-t, Boy good-y, goody. 
 I fly to pieces of life strength his-t-ears wo-band continues 
 
 marking 
 
 Just so another thief came somewhere I stop man, 
 
 He came just in time take a journey he persuaded me we 
 
 thought 
 I collect, we going to-gether he bound for Port I-a bound 
 
 for Venus. 
 
 He knew my little game in time he told me he fooled me 
 Just so bound out over the face of the deep we go 
 
 together 
 
 As Friends above brothers we talk on the way over space. 
 My mind is this Book I tell him of the life on SHE I 
 
 know nothing else. 
 Far we go he leads in space we leave the attraction of 
 
 SHE soon. 
 Ahead I see we take the opposite attraction to float over to 
 
 Venus. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 219 
 
 Then wo-band continues marking 
 W-e-r o-h-old a minute, Boys I stop a mi-nute 
 
 She has something on a stick now see her mark, 
 f (She thinks she is something on a stick). 
 
 PUBLIS HER. 
 
 I came out just in time. 
 
 I see a sickly smile on shame face I see something, 
 A stick on it herself by it. 
 
 i 
 
 HER 
 
 WO I BAND 
 
 t 
 
 MARK 
 
 I 
 
 P. S. After making her mark (showing spite) stretching her 
 Pair-a-sol she went light as like a cork herself up to the 
 Moon herself or Venus she was so far gone she would not 
 
 speak. 
 
 Soon flies came around the smell simply fearful. 
 I leave for a time myself for a more wholesome location for 
 
 future. 
 
 To fresh fields I see the grass spreading, fresh streams running 
 Cool and clear. I leave this for the rising generation (in 
 
 green) commencement 
 Continue to publis this record of truth 
 (Witness) of record grounds Eli J Berry-man 
 To witness this as truth I was given the peculiar vision 
 To see electricity in air, space 
 
 (I berry the remains of Electricity-man and wo-band) 
 They leave this to their descendants my own power soon de- 
 parts 
 I came to future as a witness of the big round up record 
 
 In past age I was, I am 
 Three Kick Powers (the single act man) 
 This place positive it is simply fearful such smell 
 I came in companion to Joe same with Electricity man 
 God continues the work in the sky tent at this date. 
 
 I see other planets circled by the electric flame. 
 I am from Spirit. I can say Great Spirit came in for the 
 purpose 
 
220 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 (Bitch) He finds one besides SHE that needs burning to 
 
 purify. 
 My opinion (is) SHE was a very hard case and deserve 
 
 THE FIRE (record) 
 
 To benefit future country commence the weather is fine 
 And pleasant, earth cooling off ah hum 
 
 Che che at you I am catches it cold I must think 
 To get Home myself good morning. 
 
 After seeing the wo-band make her mark it disgusts me 
 
 I must go off to lose my head. 
 I came down through the stream of time on the back of an 
 
 ass. 
 
 Now I stop alight from him he we cik everything in 
 The SHAPE of wo-man she disgusting high head 
 Proud after making her mark I think she is something 
 On a stick. I proceed to rub it in and 
 I can make her smeller know it. 
 I seen the one who held up her nose at old Joe's rags 
 This record shows she was a positive stink, stick, stuck 
 She kic's so low she could never, never blow 
 She could never blow, Joe Gabriel's Trumpet. 
 She is venua (Mary) the original strumpet, 
 She kic's herself out. George Washington takes the contract 
 Through the land of the Free. 
 Forever by John and Joe Gabriel. 
 Declare the Independence of Liberty. 
 
 The family advanced our Father Spirit, takes His Freedom, 
 Releases the dirty work, returns Home after weary years. 
 He came in as a part of God above can he release the duty? 
 He is Great Original Liberty, he wishes fresh fields, 
 He returns Home to start to rest to start anew from Father 
 
 God Above of Great Original Liberty. 
 Now take care of yourselves, be good, your mind has this 
 
 course, 
 
 Your mind has the model in Statue Liberty be contented, 
 Great Spirit given in beginning releases the world. 
 The SnE-planet takes this Book, starts you proper, fresh 
 
 . course. 
 
 Take care of yourselves until the breeze handles you at last, 
 Great Spirit can make anything on the world He wishes. 
 
 Now he wishes a rest. 
 
 Improve your own spirit of the times, the tent is full of 
 electricity. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 221 
 
 Follow the course. Great Spirit is of Himself, 
 Controls any one He wishes. Man gains the honor 
 Of inventions since the world began now continue 
 
 To continue the same. 
 Great Spirit gives a number of small spirits here on earth 
 
 (perhaps one) 
 
 Sure each one is sure wishes to follow the Father Spirit. 
 He takes them now each, and in future each one make his 
 Own spirit of his or her own time of life early in life 
 There may be a few little spirits left try and improve them. 
 Now you know what becomes of you, if you do not fly up 
 
 You crawl down, breeze sifts and measures you. 
 I give you credit for your dirty work. I ask no praise 
 From you. I away work. We Last Two leave. 
 We advance to help handle planet-earth-machine quit man 
 
 (As Two Little ragged urchins) in the twilight 
 Witness of Gabriel's record guide sign points 
 We are the Last, we remain a while, we come, we go, our 
 
 time we take, 
 
 Sure as fate. Consequence we happy, think of journey, 
 All quiet, we think think to save yourself, can you? 
 I sign this as truth, by authority, 
 MR. TiiREE-KiCK-PowERS (the single-act-man), 
 (with) I AM TPIE BIG MEDICINE MAN. 
 We wander around to get perfect sick disgusted with the 
 
 place. 
 
 Quiet light out FOR GOOD. 
 
 Your country is safe, the war ended, live in peace, improve 
 God's breeze continues a bleak and unweary laborer. 
 The breeze is blind takes your measure mind fair 
 This is written by one who understands the nature of air 
 Space, follow it to please the Last ELECTEICT 
 
 LIGHT air breeze (it is) 
 I go, the breeze continues blowing at times, 
 
 Dry, cool, fresh and powerful. 
 By the Power ol God it continues to wind up the flies to their 
 
 proper destination. 
 
 Do not push out your wings too soon in dry weather. 
 Have patience, and respect the steady breeze that blows, or it 
 Will not fly you very high to drop you for the dogs 
 
 To continue, then, run after them you continue. 
 Breeze continues now, successor to G. W. & Sons. 
 I hereby recommend it as a persevering and powerful agent 
 of justice to one. 
 
, 
 222 GABRIEL'S TESTATENT. 
 
 It is not selfish in measure selfishness it measures disgusted. 
 Soon a body of breeze comes to take me. I am not alarmed. 
 
 I wish to go. 
 
 By this see I am completely disgusted. I remained 
 To improve man in ages ages of time. You have riches and 
 
 honor. 
 
 I leave. I came with nothing, as I leave remember breeze. 
 Do not be selfish. I leave a little spirit for you to improve, 
 
 (Future as combined nation). 
 I came, I go, free as the breeze that blows. I go, be good to 
 
 yourselves. 
 
 Now, wind in God's Power, come. 
 The wind is my only mourner it sighs at my departure, 
 
 It knows me as a friend. 
 
 It I see it comes at my departure, my little spirit I leave 
 Guards this until future generation publishes, 
 
 Now, good-bye, yourselves. 
 God's Spirit Company comes to meet me. I am proud, I 
 
 suppose, affected. 
 
 I go. My past existence says be contented when you get there. 
 Breeze continues sighs at my departure. It comes around 
 Bleak and dreary as I depart I sigh myself, lonely. 
 I cry, but I must go I cry I see they are ready to start 
 
 me oft. 
 
 I go after I start, I drop this to little spirit guard, 
 This in future to be in publication For I Am now departing. 
 I see the breeze is my only mourner. It says my life 
 
 Companion now I leave. 
 
 It loses its Great Spirit I cry, and cry myself 
 To go I start good-bye I feel much worse breeze blows 
 
 things away from me. 
 
 I change rags soon down goes man-u-script from me, 
 And I am a well red-man-u-strip of foreign territory 
 
 I Am the Last 
 One, By-Son now you bitch, stand, roll or shake never 
 
 trouble me again. 
 
 By YOUNG THREE-KICK-POWER (the single-act-man). 
 By BIG MEDICINE-MAN (witness). 
 Departure leave at last yourself a drop to earth. 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 223 
 
 Scene (picture {the ^Dropj Certain. 
 SPACE TIME LIFE OF LITTLE SPIRIT GUARD. 
 
 Now you stay, you Little-May-be-so Guess-not, spirit. 
 
 You must stay, you are left. Stay with them ; improve in it. 
 
 Do not cry, when you are in it Good-b-y. 
 
 Take good care of yourself you are in it watch the Book. 
 
 Now don't cry any more good-b-y when you look 
 
 Stay, leave your mark when leaving this Book. 
 
 Come to here read this find out here you are a drop 
 In left in reflection A SCRUB. 
 
 The contradictions in this Book allow them to remain. 
 By Young May-be-so I Guess-not (the drop), 
 A-gent Better-Believe of Spirit Co. (witness). 
 
 Space Space to the Little Original Round-up. 
 Now Little Spirit OOO guard be careful. 
 
 MY ROUND 
 
 The heifers inside \J Cow-boys are out go sook, sook, sook. 
 UP MARK 
 
 (Little Spirit-guard) OOO the gate was left open, 
 
 The heifers are out again. 
 Ho-o-ook, boys, stear clear, little boys don't let them hook 
 
 you. 
 Now-let- her go Gal-ag-e-r-u-n-o-u-t-o-f-i-n-i-s-e-n-d-it-u-g-o-u- 
 
 t-e-x-yz-wo 
 
 Space Le?iglh of Space Lengthy Space. 
 
 DEPARTURE OF THE DROP (LITTLE SPIRIT GUARD). 
 
 New swarm just hatching out I see 
 
 The mongrel breed shows soon millions of mongrels; 
 
 They most part wasp three parts chronic balance fly. 
 The hog spirit full they the dogs sicken diseased. 
 
224 GABRIEI/S TESTATENT. 
 
 Head-quarter will not take them for improvement. 
 They may continue (to She) spirit stick until they breed so 
 
 thick 
 
 Great Spirit will never again stir them or rock a-by stick. 
 I give it up I lose my grip 
 I let go I stub my toe I fall away off 
 The world into E-turn it tie. 
 I will sail away this is all I leave as 
 
 I Am the ORIGINAL BUZZ-HARD. 
 (My eye witness) MR. SKELETON TRUTH, 
 
 (child of Carry on-World words). 
 My carcass forced in through the ribs, 
 
 I float away as a drop from the (bottom) of Time. 
 Spread me out over the world berry me in my fly sar-cas 
 
 I am 
 
 By Poe Two Make Two Strikes one. 
 (Recommendation by)EHJ Jack-ass Jack-Son, 
 (I Am prescribed) To keek sores from the new generations 
 
 no-ze-wo, 
 (All-turn-native) When this separator fails to be useful 
 
 take your 
 
 Infirmities a,head run through a thrashing machine, 
 Then berry yourself in-h-in my w-h-o-man-s-a-s Q-t, q-t. 
 
 I know you now that's what you can do. 
 ist Thief Now, Berry, shoulder the Cir-cus Harp 
 
 And we will go play else where show. 
 2d Thief Light out. 
 
 W-h-old a mi-nute Boys. 
 Now then, together Father Eli Spirit three-one 
 
 together go 
 
 All inside the case tight squeeze let HER go, 
 Letter-fly Future Publis-her opinion 
 (Q-t, q-t) Pa I can kiss, and that's what I can do ne-good- 
 
 b-y hold a minute, Boys. 
 Pa, I fool that's what that's what 
 I know I Am now now Pa now Pa, take ne, 
 I want go to certain. 
 
 (Th End-core-all) by Qt-q-t bow flies from dressing-room 
 (Scene Extract-all) Behave ero slow good by, mary 
 yz wo. 
 
 I find this Book by me, after careful reading study I 
 
PICTURE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. 225 
 
 find myself here in a place revolving in space and the 
 ignorant theory (of their being no Power being commence- 
 ment) of beginning controlling planets (not owning the Heav- 
 ens, is gone). Whose Power is it this Book tells ? Elijah 
 Berryman obeys, though it does not tell him of the star that 
 falls. 
 
 I can find knowledge of future. 
 
 Fools may look for faults, and find them they see some. 
 
 They may be so keen finding faults cannot see ben-e-fit. 
 
 It is to benefit those who respect no see fault cannot find 
 one. 
 
 Mind character low unmatured look high over faults. 
 This Book finds faults makes enemies of those who cannot 
 look for their own faults. 
 
 Now, good-by, fools. I Am Mr. Comean-Seeme. I wish- 
 ing you to act fair, square away, and attend to your own af- 
 fairs. 
 
 Future respect Justice to Publis-her. 
 
 By my promise I will proceed to inspect hell, personally. 
 The fire must be in perfect order. I will have the Power to 
 fulfill my duty. The Foreman can then have a rest. 
 
 Court continue minutes my Judgment 
 
 Sentence Ends Certain. 
 
ORGANIZATION io reeoni } >en^e 1 he red man for the : 
 ol Knglish pale-free on the Western Hemisphere (they origin; 
 on this continent they the Sons of Ancient American Liben 
 the Owner, now and forever places this CLAIM as their i 
 pay them), when it is remembered the proceeds of /this Hook- 
 er people who have lost liberty and home. The.wh.lte" man 
 would not pay it is a son of one who would not pay i! 
 
 ELIJAH BERRY MAN, Agent for 
 
 Unlike many agencies for claims in purpose, this organi/ 
 against as in revenge, to bleed the monstrous treasury of a p< 
 their liberal temporary auents. This claim is before t !. 
 value. There is no high head under-hand commission style a 
 pie may judge, or they may not see. This e 
 
 hay, A Word of God plain, practical, not mysterious in ion, t.o 
 
 l he Montana Sioux. It is written to ; 
 
 They have spoken for a Saviour, they stood for their . 
 is for them. It is not to disappoint them. It disappoints 
 dares make light 
 
 Look out, everybody fire the curse of the world return 
 the prophet fulfills this promise. See the last chapti - 
 nent. 
 
 old, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way be- 
 fore me. For behold the day comet h the day that , com' th shall burn 
 them up. Behold, 1 will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming 
 of the great and dreadful day of the Lord, and he shall turn the heart of 
 .uid [lie heart of the children to their fathers, LE.ST I COMK 
 and si u'th WITH A ct i: 
 
 Look out by Spirit Atrent, you tire all in it in | rib of 
 
 Angel Gabriel, who die. 
 
 to those who have appropriated homes on the Western Continent 
 of the red man). This Book is heid in the \alue of 50 cent- 
 
 :iian book- -mand. T 
 
 move from where you stand. Dei -n ting hear me grunt you are 
 in it. 
 
 1 guarantee, I move I Am, I show, [ make move my bristles my back 
 her. I Am I go animal man I Am isa sea- C-see in it 
 plea.-e see the red man's claim claim of Joe Gabriel. 
 
 1 Am I here to set my seal Tinct hand these presents this day F May 
 I swear by all power In me stupitied pummeled and pounded into me 
 this is to the best of my understanding, ability, know 
 line, and correct in truth, so help uie sol >NEWA:LL JACK 
 
 Signed, sealed, in presence delivered for JOK GABRIEL, of Sant-Rosa. 
 (Little'-t hat's what 1 Am, 1. what please not 
 
 much then add trespass to your depredation. 
 
 With purchasers^ of heavy feeling uncertain doubtful to hesitate or 
 facilities of mind to vanish unbelieving to such if requested agents take 
 the above oath a few symptoms of such generally nervous, itchy, pros- 
 tration, measly, hair-ready-to-fall-out, sore-head inquisitive quest i 
 it prophet, crank, power, spiritualist, world-end, flood, fire, hell-a-popin, 
 eart h-a-crackin, or what is it in hell? talk to such kindly, tell them it is 
 plain practical, old-time sense, claimed for Chief Him-Who-Knows-What- 
 He-is Tal king- About in it does A-maii they that will not buy say by the 
 law of nature they may walk and die. Pleased i Am quite well good-by 
 A-man and the Word was GOD (above) A-man (was He) this Book tells 
 and the Word was with God, and the Word (was GOD above), sure was 
 He A-man ((Jesus) this Book tells A-man preacher-man see things like 
 
 Now a wake up take up 50c. sense value this Book great, sublime, 
 wonderful, divine; acceptable orders, coin, checks tor the Electrict Gos- 
 pel-fly Shoo-Shine take Book, skip out, feel quite good, very fine, if you 
 keep this card, please take the deck of Shoo-Shine some time take it, Hies 
 i n it take big blow or fly blow yourself away oft' 50 sense double. 
 
 Skip-lly my value is above your cents I the Lost-found. 
 
 With cares in busy life scenes, stop the fly-wheel of Eternity (can you) 
 take off the band-man yourself ease off to pass your checks, are you the 
 refuse Grease of Time, this Book answers inquisitive preachers, see the 
 si/eof man Jesus you sing sweet name it also by the nose hauls the 
 frolicking apes of humanity from the fly-wheel Eternity in this r< 
 tion ; look, out, stuck in hell Eternity. If you do spend four bits . 
 nity, this Book is 50c. a copy, 80 per cent, discount to a<:en i s. 
 
 Address, AGENT GABRIEL'S TRUMPET, 
 
 Santa Rosa. California. 
 
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